Switching tasks and flexible reasoning in the Situation Calculus

Alberto Finzi () and Fiora Pirri ()
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Alberto Finzi: Università di Napoli "Federico II"
Fiora Pirri: Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica "Antonio Ruberti" Sapienza, Universita' di Roma

No 2010-07, DIS Technical Reports from Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

Abstract: In this paper we present a new framework for modelling switching tasks and adaptive, flexible behaviours for cognitive robots. The framework is constructed on a suitable extension of the Situation Calculus, the Temporal Flexible Situation Calculus (TFSC), accommodating Allen temporal intervals, multiple timelines and concurrent situations. We introduce a constructive method to define pattern rules for temporal constraint, in a language of macros. The language of macros intermediates between Situation Calculus formulae and temporal constraint Networks. The programming language for the TFSC is TFGolog, a new Golog interpreter in the Golog family languages, that models concurrent plans with flexible and adaptive behaviours with switching modes. Finally, we show an implementation of a cognitive robot performing different tasks while attentively exploring a rescue environment.

Keywords: Cognitive robotics; executive control; cognitive control; switching tasks; adaptive and flexible behaviours; Situation Calculus; action perception and change; temporal planning. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08
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