4 papers
Theory of Mind Using Active Inference: A Framework for Multi-Agent Cooperation
Riddhi J. Pitliya, Ozan Çatal, Toon Van de Maele +2
Theory of Mind (ToM) -- the ability to understand that others can have differing knowledge and goals -- enables agents to reason about others' beliefs while planning their own acti…
Mobile Manipulation with Active Inference for Long-Horizon Rearrangement Tasks
Corrado Pezzato, Ozan Çatal, Toon Van de Maele +2
Despite growing interest in active inference for robotic control, its application to complex, long-horizon tasks remains untested. We address this gap by introducing a fully hierar…
Free Energy in a Circumplex Model of Emotion
Candice Pattisapu, Tim Verbelen, Riddhi J. Pitliya +2
Previous active inference accounts of emotion translate fluctuations in free energy to a sense of emotion, mainly focusing on valence. However, in affective science, emotions are o…
Belief sharing: a blessing or a curse
Ozan Catal, Toon Van de Maele, Riddhi J. Pitliya +3
When collaborating with multiple parties, communicating relevant information is of utmost importance to efficiently completing the tasks at hand. Under active inference, communicat…