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from Part VIII - Other Topics and Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2025
Acting, planning and learning are critical cognitive functions for an autonomous actor. Other functions, such as perceiving, monitoring, and goal reasoning, are also needed and can be essential in many applications. This chapter briefly surveys a few such functions and their links to acting, planning, and learning. Section 24.1 discusses perceiving and information gathering: how to model and control perception actions in order to recognize the state of the world and detect objects, events, and activities relevant to the actor while performing its tasks. It discusses semantic mapping and anchoring sensor data to symbols. Section 24.2 is about monitoring, that is, detecting and interpreting discrepancies between predictions and observations, anticipating what needs be monitored, and controlling monitoring actions. Goal reasoning in Section 24.3 is about assessing the relevance of current goals, from observed evolutions, failures, and opportunities to achieve a higher-level assigned mission.
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