Artificial Consciousness; Autonomous Systems; Awareness; Living Machines; Robotics; Artificial consciousness; Autonomous system; Embodied systems; Living machines; Control and Systems Engineering; Engineering (miscellaneous); Mechanical Engineering; Computer Science Applications; Artificial Intelligence; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract :
[en] While consciousness has been historically a heavily debated topic, awareness had less success in raising the interest of scholars. However, more and more researchers are getting interested in answering questions concerning what awareness is and how it can be artificially generated. The landscape is rapidly evolving, with multiple voices and interpretations of the concept being conceived and techniques being developed. The goal of this paper is to summarize and discuss the ones among these voices connected with projects funded by the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Awareness Inside” callwithin Horizon Europe, designed specifically for fostering research on natural and synthetic awareness. In this perspective, we dedicate special attention to challenges and promises of applying synthetic awareness in robotics, as the development of mature techniques in this new field is expected to have a special impact on generating more capable and trustworthy embodied systems.
Disciplines :
Computer science
Author, co-author :
Della Santina, Cosimo; Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands ; Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Corbato, Carlos Hernandez; Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Sisman, Burak; Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
LEIVA, Luis A. ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Computer Science (DCS)
Arapakis, Ioannis; Telefónica I+D, Madrid, Spain
Vakalellis, Michalis; AEGIS IT Research GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
Vanderdonckt, Jean; Université catholique de Louvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
D’Haro, Luis Fernando; Speech Technology and Machine Learning Group, ETSI de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Becchio, Cristina; Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
Elamrani, Aïda; Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Alirezaei, Mohsen; RTD Department, Siemens Digital Industry Software, Helmond, Netherlands
Castellano, Ginevra; Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Dimarogonas, Dimos V.; Division of Decision and Control Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Ghosh, Arabinda; Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Haesaert, Sofie; Department of Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Group, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Soudjani, Sadegh; Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Stroeve, Sybert; Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Verschure, Paul; Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Bacciu, Davide; Computer Science Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Deroy, Ophelia; Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Bahrami, Bahador; Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Gallicchio, Claudio; Computer Science Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Hauert, Sabine; School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Sanz, Ricardo; Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Lanillos, Pablo; Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands ; Cajal International Neuroscience Center (CINC), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Iacca, Giovanni; Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Sigg, Stephan; Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
Gasulla, Manel; Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Steels, Luc; Studio Stelluti, Brussels, Belgium
Sierra, Carles; Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
HE - 101071147 - SYMBIOTIK - Context-aware adaptive visualizations for critical decision making
Funders :
European Union
Funding text :
This work is supported by the EU EIC projects: SYMBIOTIK (grant 101071147), ASTOUND (grant 101071191), SymAware (grant 101070802), CAVAA (grant 10039052), EMERGE (grant 101070918), METATOOL (grant 101070940), SUST(AI)N (grant 101071179), and VALAWAI (grant 101070930).
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