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Minimally sufficient structures for information-feedback policies
Basak Sakcak, Vadim K. Weinstein, Kalle G. Timperi +1
In this paper, we consider robotic tasks which require a desirable outcome to be achieved in the physical world that the robot is embedded in and interacting with. Accomplishing th…
An Internal Model Principle For Robots
Vadim K. Weinstein, Tamara Alshammari, Kalle G. Timperi +2
When designing a robot's internal system, one often makes assumptions about the structure of the intended environment of the robot. One may even assign meaning to various internal…
From Virtual Reality to the Emerging Discipline of Perception Engineering
Steven M. LaValle, Evan G. Center, Timo Ojala +6
This paper makes the case that a powerful new discipline, which we term perception engineering, is steadily emerging. It follows from a progression of ideas that involve creating i…
Equivalent Environments and Covering Spaces for Robots
Vadim K. Weinstein, Steven M. LaValle
This paper formally defines a robot system, including its sensing and actuation components, as a general, topological dynamical system. The focus is on determining general conditio…
A Mathematical Characterization of Minimally Sufficient Robot Brains
Basak Sakcak, Kalle G. Timperi, Vadim Weinstein +1
This paper addresses the lower limits of encoding and processing the information acquired through interactions between an internal system (robot algorithms or software) and an exte…
The Limits of Learning and Planning: Minimal Sufficient Information Transition Systems
Basak Sakcak, Vadim Weinstein, Steven M. LaValle
In this paper, we view a policy or plan as a transition system over a space of information states that reflect a robot's or other observer's perspective based on limited sensing, m…
An Enactivist-Inspired Mathematical Model of Cognition
Vadim Weinstein, Basak Sakcak, Steven M. LaValle
We formulate five basic tenets of enactivist cognitive science that we have carefully identified in the relevant literature as the main underlying principles of that philosophy. We…