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Mobile robot navigation modulated by artificial emotions.

C P Lee-Johnson1, D A Carnegie

  • 1Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand. christopher.lee-ohnson@vuw.ac.nz

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
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Artificial emotions enhance mobile robot navigation by modulating decisions and actions. This hybrid architecture improves general adaptive performance beyond task-specific AI.

Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Current artificial intelligence (AI) is often task-specific.
  • Generalized intelligence may require incorporating biological affective processes like emotions.
  • Existing research on artificial emotions primarily focuses on social interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a hybrid architecture incorporating artificial emotions for improved mobile robot navigation.
  • To investigate the role of emotions in enhancing general adaptive performance in autonomous agents.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a hybrid reactive/deliberative architecture for a mobile robot.
  • Integrated artificial emotions at multiple architectural levels to modulate decisions and actions.

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  • Implemented reactive emotions (altering control parameters based on sensor data) and deliberative emotions (learned associations biasing path planning).

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated that artificial emotions can improve a mobile robot's general adaptive performance in navigation tasks.
    • Showcased specific situations where reactive and deliberative emotions provided performance benefits.
    • Quantitative results indicate the effectiveness of the emotion-modulated architecture.

    Conclusions:

    • Artificial emotions are a promising approach to advance AI beyond specialized tasks.
    • Integrating affective processes can lead to more generalized and adaptive intelligent systems.
    • The proposed hybrid architecture effectively utilizes artificial emotions for enhanced robotic navigation.