Bayesian approach to action selection and attention focusing

Abstract

1 The Ultimate Question for Autonomous Sensory-Motor Systems What similarities can be found between an animal and an autonomous mobile robot? Both can control their motor capabilities based on information acquired through dedicated channels. For an animal, motor capabilities are muscles and joints, and filtered information from the environment is acquired through sensors: eyes, nose, ears, skin, and several others. For a mobile robot, motor capabilities are mostly end effectors and mechanical motors, and information about the surroundings consists of data coming from sensors such as proximeters, laser range sensors and bumpers. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.