A Study of Off-Line Uses of Anticipation

  • Authors:
  • Giovanni Pezzulo

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome, Italy 00185

  • Venue:
  • SAB '08 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior: From Animals to Animats
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In a simulated guards-and-thieves scenario we study how the behavioral system of an autonomous agent, which consists of multiple perceptual and motor schemas endowed with anticipatory mechanisms, self-organizes for satisfying its drives. Furthermore, we study how schemas acquired for navigation can be re-used off-line, `in simulation', for forecasting future dangers, and planning trajectories leading to goal locations. We argue that off-line simulations permit not only to coordinate with the present, but with the future, too, and to act goal-directed.