CGSC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reductionism, Animal Cognition, Pragmatics
5 Feb 2016
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Cognitive system an agent perceives the outside world around that. Perception phase turns things from the environment into meaningful. Action phase turns these perceptions into a physical change on the agent internal representations environment. Human mind: perceiving the outside environment by using their sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose, senses on their skin) Once processed these perceptions are turned into actions using our bodies (these actions are meaningful physical changes on the world) Similar to the human mind as they still perceive and process information in order to produce and action. Instead of sensory organs and a body, robots use sensors and actuators. Perceives the world using sensors to understand the environment around them. Example: light sensors to help perceive light inputs. Using the information taken and perceived by their sensors robots then perform and output using actuators which come in many different forms. Example: an automated vacuum which uses its sensors to navigate around in order to clean.
