The why, what, where, when and how of goal-directed choice: neuronal and computational principles

PFMJ Verschure, CMA Pennartz… - … Transactions of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The central problems that goal-directed animals must solve are:'What do I need and Why,
Where and When can this be obtained, and How do I get it?'or the H4W problem. Here, we …

From allostatic agents to counterfactual cognisers: active inference, biological regulation, and the origins of cognition

AW Corcoran, G Pezzulo, J Hohwy - Biology & Philosophy, 2020 - Springer
What is the function of cognition? On one influential account, cognition evolved to co-
ordinate behaviour with environmental change or complexity (Godfrey-Smith in Complexity …

Distributed adaptive control: a theory of the mind, brain, body nexus

PFMJ Verschure - Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 2012 - Elsevier
Abstract Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC) is a theory of the design principles underlying
the Mind, Brain, Body Nexus (MBBN) that has been developed over the last 20 years. DAC …

DAC-h3: a proactive robot cognitive architecture to acquire and express knowledge about the world and the self

C Moulin-Frier, T Fischer, M Petit… - … on Cognitive and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a cognitive architecture for a humanoid robot to engage in a proactive,
mixed-initiative exploration and manipulation of its environment, where the initiative can …

Socially adaptive cognitive architecture for human-robot collaboration in industrial settings

IT Freire, O Guerrero-Rosado, AF Amil… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This paper introduces DAC-HRC, a novel cognitive architecture designed to optimize human-
robot collaboration (HRC) in industrial settings, particularly within the context of Industry 4.0 …

Synthetic consciousness: the distributed adaptive control perspective

PFMJ Verschure - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the nature of consciousness is one of the grand outstanding scientific
challenges. The fundamental methodological problem is how phenomenal first person …

iCub-HRI: a software framework for complex human–robot interaction scenarios on the iCub humanoid robot

T Fischer, JY Puigbò, D Camilleri… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Generating complex, human-like behavior in a humanoid robot like the iCub requires the
integration of a wide range of open source components and a scalable cognitive …

Drive competition underlies effective allostatic orchestration

OG Rosado, AF Amil, IT Freire… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Living systems ensure their fitness by self-regulating. The optimal matching of their behavior
to the opportunities and demands of the ever-changing natural environment is crucial for …

Towards the synthetic self: making others perceive me as an other

S Lallée, V Vouloutsi, MB Munoz… - Paladyn, Journal of …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Future applications of robotic technologies will involve interactions with non-expert humans
as machines will assume the role of companions, teachers or healthcare assistants. In all …

Modulating behaviors using allostatic control

V Vouloutsi, S Lallée, PFMJ Verschure - … , London, UK, July 29–August 2 …, 2013 - Springer
Robots will be part of our society in the future. It is therefore important that they are able to
interact with humans in a natural way. This requires the ability to display social competence …