Creation of a Conscious Robot: Mirror Image Cognition and Self-Awareness [Hardcover]

Present-day computers lack well-defined functions to accept various kinds of sensual information such as vision, hearing and smelling (binding problem). Computers also lack any well-defined mechanisms to coordinate various behaviors in the presence of an object (conscious mechanism). This book serves as a breakthrough that opens a new world. Using the ideas presented in the book, computer systems can be developed to conduct conscious activities like human beings. Human beings will be able to develop mechanisms in which machines will have their own feelings, will behave according to their own consciousness, and will continue to learn for their betterment.

Introduction. Story of Robots. Story of the Human Brain. Human Consciousness and the Mind. Prof. Braitenbergs Vehicles. Prof. Brooks Robots. Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Evolution. Machine Consciousness. New Architecture of Robot Consciousness and the Robot Mind. Physical Demonstration of Successful Mirror Image Cognition by a Robot. Observations on Self-awareness. Conclusions.

Present-day computers lack well-defined functions to accept various kinds of sensual information such as vision, hearing, and smelling (binding problem). Computers also lack any well-defined mechanisms to coordinate various behaviors in the presence of an object (conscious mechanism). This book serves as a breakthrough that opens a new world. Using the ideas presented in the book, computer systems can be developed to conduct conscious activities like human beings. Human beings will be able to develop mechanisms in which machines will have their own feelings, will behave according to their own consciousness, and will continue to learn for their betterment.

This paradigm-changing book comes at the right time, when new emergent challenges in artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive science and consciousness studies call for a joint effort of the four