How can a robot have consciousness?
Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
- Kitamura, Tadashi (Author)
- Tahara, Tomoko (Author)
- Asami, Ken-Ichi (Author)
Title
How can a robot have consciousness?
Abstract
This paper investigates human consciousness in comparison with a robots' internal state. On the basis of Husserlian phenomenology, nine requirements for a model of consciousness are proposed from different technical aspects: self, intentionality, anticipation, feedback process, certainty, embodiment, otherness, emotionality and chaos. Consciousness-based Architecture (CBA) for mobile robots was analyzed in comparison with the requirements proposed for a consciousness model. CBA, previously developed, is a software architecture with an evolutionary hierarchy of the relationship between consciousness and behavior. Experiments with this architecture loaded on two mobile robots explain the emergence of self, and some of the intentionality, anticipation, feedback process, embodiment and emotionality. Modification of CBA will be necessary to better explain the emergence of self in terms of the relationship between consciousness and behavior.
Publication
Advanced Robotics
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
263-275
Date
01/2000
Journal Abbr
Advanced Robotics
Language
en
ISSN
0169-1864, 1568-5535
Accessed
3/17/25, 9:55 AM
Library Catalog
DOI.org (Crossref)
Citation
Kitamura, T., Tahara, T., & Asami, K.-I. (2000). How can a robot have consciousness? Advanced Robotics, 14(4), 263–275. https://doi.org/10.1163/156855300741573
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