Mobility Reconfiguration for Terrain Exploration using Active Vision. An Image Processing Approach to aid in Robot Navigation

Like the ants that compose Aunt Hillary in БЂњPrelude, Ant Fugue,БЂ«it doesnБЂ™t БЂњknowБЂ«it is creating you in the process, but there you emerging from its frantic activity almost magically. This process of creating a self at one level out of the relatively mindless and uncomprehending activities amalgamated at another level is vividly illustrated in the next selection by John Searle, though he firmly resists that vision of what he is showing. D.C.D. 22 John R. Searle Minds, Brains and Programs[31] What psychological and philosophical significance should we attach to recent efforts at computer simulations of human cognitive capacities? In answering this question, I find it useful to distinguish what I will call БЂњstrongБЂ«AI from БЂњweakБЂ«or БЂњcautiousБЂ«AI (artificial intelligence). According to weak AI, the principal value of the computer in the study of the mind is that it gives us a very powerful tool. For example, it enables us to formulate and test hypotheses in a more rigorous and precise fashion ...»