3 research outputs found
Conceptive Artificial Intelligence: Insights from design theory
The current paper offers a perspective on what we term conceptive
intelligence - the capacity of an agent to continuously think of new object
definitions (tasks, problems, physical systems, etc.) and to look for methods
to realize them. The framework, called a Brouwer machine, is inspired by
previous research in design theory and modeling, with its roots in the
constructivist mathematics of intuitionism. The dual constructivist perspective
we describe offers the possibility to create novelty both in terms of the types
of objects and the methods for constructing objects. More generally, the
theoretical work on which Brouwer machines are based is called imaginative
constructivism. Based on the framework and the theory, we discuss many
paradigms and techniques omnipresent in AI research and their merits and
shortcomings for modeling aspects of design, as described by imaginative
constructivism. To demonstrate and explain the type of creative process
expressed by the notion of a Brouwer machine, we compare this concept with a
system using genetic algorithms for scientific law discovery
Session 15 Robot Problem Solving ROBOT PLANNING SYSTEM BASED ON PROBLEM SOLVERS
This paper is concerned with a planning system for a robot with a hand and an eye which can manipulate blocks. Two different kinds of problem solvers are used. One is mainly composed of a theorem prover based on the resolution principle, and the other consists of a theorem prover based on pattern matching. These problem solvers are called GOAL-FINDER and JOB-SCHEDULER corresponding to their functions. GOAL-FINDER decides a goal state that is suitable for an order of an operator. JOB-SCHEDULER produces a job sequence for a robot to perform the goal state given the constraints of the block world. Description terms robot planning, problem solving, theorem proving and data structure.