ICP4152: Applied Artificial Intelligence

I. a) Discuss the three constituents principle proposed by Pfeiffer and Scheier as a design
principle for autonomous agents.
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b) Discuss the following design principles for autonomous agents also proposed by Pkitier
and Scheier:
the complete agents principle;
the principle of parallel. loosely coupled processes;
the principle of sensory motor co-ordination:
the principle of cheap designs .,
the redundancy principle:,
the principle of ecological balance: and
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e) Describe two possible ways how the principles in .h) could be used to develop Artificial
Intelligence.
2. a) What is embodied cognitive science? Flow is the approach different to the traditional
symbol-based approach in Al (which is also known as "Good Old Fashioned A.I.")?
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I)) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the embodied approach. Your answer should
include a discussion of the following statement:
The embodied approach is an interesting diversion from mainstream A.1. however to
date, only basic systems have been built, and much more sophisticated algorithms arc
needed to developed it further so that it can tackle the deep problems of A.1. such as
common sense reasoning, concept formation and language acquisition."
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c) Discuss the important role that the environment and ecological niche have to play in the
design of self-sufficient, situated, embodied agents. In your answer. he sure to clarify the
d i s t i n c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d e c o l o g i c a l n i c h e . [ 8]
3. a) Discuss the Subsumption Architecture first proposed by Brooks, and how it can be used to
design autonomous robots.
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h) Discuss how the Subsumption Architecture is important for the field of embodied
cognitive science.
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c) Describe the Suhsumption-based Architectures that was used to design one of the
following robots:
Myrrnix;
Ghengis;
Cog.
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