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By Tracy Staedter
Discovery News
12-22-5
A new robot can recognize the difference between a mirror image of itself and another robot that looks just like it.
This so-called mirror image cognition is based on artificial nerve cell groups built into the robot's computer brain that give it the ability to recognize itself and acknowledge others.
The ground-breaking technology could eventually lead to robots able to express emotions.
Under development by Junichi Takeno and a team of researchers at Meiji University in Japan, the robot represents a big step toward developing self-aware robots and in understanding and modeling human self-consciousness.
"In humans, consciousness is basically a state in which the behavior of the self and another is understood," said Takeno.
Humans learn behavior during cognition and conversely learn to think while behaving, said Takeno.
To mimic this dynamic, a robot needs a common area in its neural network that is able to process information on both cognition and behavior.
Takeno and his colleagues built the robot with blue, red or green LEDs connected to artificial neurons in the region that light up when different information is being processed, based on the robot's behavior.
By Tracy Staedter
Discovery News
12-22-5
A new robot can recognize the difference between a mirror image of itself and another robot that looks just like it.
This so-called mirror image cognition is based on artificial nerve cell groups built into the robot's computer brain that give it the ability to recognize itself and acknowledge others.
The ground-breaking technology could eventually lead to robots able to express emotions.
Under development by Junichi Takeno and a team of researchers at Meiji University in Japan, the robot represents a big step toward developing self-aware robots and in understanding and modeling human self-consciousness.
"In humans, consciousness is basically a state in which the behavior of the self and another is understood," said Takeno.
Humans learn behavior during cognition and conversely learn to think while behaving, said Takeno.
To mimic this dynamic, a robot needs a common area in its neural network that is able to process information on both cognition and behavior.
Takeno and his colleagues built the robot with blue, red or green LEDs connected to artificial neurons in the region that light up when different information is being processed, based on the robot's behavior.