?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Conceptual+Spaces+and+Robotic+Emotions&rft.creator=Chella%2C+Antonio&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=In+recent+years%2C+there+has+been+a+growing+interest%0Ain+modelling+emotional+responses+inside+the%0Aperception%E2%80%94action+loop+of+an+autonomous+robot.%0AOne+of+the+motivations+of+this+trend+is+that+an+emotional%0Asystem+could+introduce+complex+decision+making%0Acapabilities+in+robots+in+a+faster+and+more+flexible%0Away+than+symbolic+deliberative+architectures.%0AHowever%2C+recent+proposals+in+literature+model%0Aemotions+at+a+very+low+level+(Arkin+et+al.%2C+2003%2C%0AMurphy+et+al.%2C+2002).+Briefly%2C+a+robot+emotional%0Astate+is+simply+associated+with+suitable+parameters+of%0Athe+reactive+behaviors.+Instead%2C+emotions+may+have%0Aan+important+role+at+a+higher%2C+conceptual+level+of%0Areasoning+of+the+robot.%0AIt+is+claimed+that+the+emotional+states+of+an%0Aagent+may+be+related+with+its+internal+motivations%0A(Balkenius%2C+1995).+For+example%2C+an+agent+has+a%0Apleasure+response+when+its+motivations+are+well+satisfied.%0AMore+in+details%2C+a+difference+is+usually+made%0Abetween+primary+and+higher-order+emotions.+Primary%0Aemotions+are+related+with+the+immediate+perceptions%0Aand+motivations+of+the+agent.+They+can+be%0Ahardwired+or%2C+if+learned%2C+they+are+difficultly+forgotten.%0AHigher-order+emotions+are+instead+related+with%0Athe+long%E2%80%94term+motivations+of+the+agent%3B+in+general%0Athey+are+learned+during+the+operation+tasks.%0AIn+the+proposed+system%2C+both+primary+and+higher-order%0Arobot+emotions+are+represented+in+terms+of%0Aa+conceptual+space+(Gardenfors%2C+2000).+The+system%0Ahas+been+implemented+in+the+autonomous+robot+operating%0Aat+the+Robotics+Laboratory+of+the+University+of%0APalermo+(a+RWI+B21+equipped+with+laser+and+stereo%0Ahead).+The+task+of+the+robot+is+to+offer+guided+tours%0Ain+the+Museum+of+Electrical+Equipments+at+the+Department%0Aof+Electrical+Engineering.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Bullock%2C+Daniel&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3345%2F1%2FChella.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chella%2C+Antonio++(2003)+Conceptual+Spaces+and+Robotic+Emotions.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3345%2F