Awareness in Robotics: An Early Perspective from the Viewpoint of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Awareness Inside”

Cosimo Della Santina; Carlos Hernandez Corbato; Burak Sisman; Luis A. Leiva; Ioannis Arapakis; Michalis Vakalellis; Jean Vanderdonckt; Luis Fernando D’Haro; Guido Manzi; Cristina Becchio; Aïda Elamrani; Mohsen Alirezaei; Ginevra Castellano; Dimos V. Dimarogonas; Arabinda Ghosh; Sofie Haesaert; Sadegh Soudjani; Sybert Stroeve; Paul Verschure; Davide Bacciu; Ophelia Deroy; Bahador Bahrami; Claudio Gallicchio; Sabine Hauert; Ricardo Sanz; Pablo Lanillos; Giovanni Iacca; Stephan Sigg; Manel Gasulla; Luc Steels; Carles Sierra

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-76424-0_20

Awareness in Robotics: An Early Perspective from the Viewpoint of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Awareness Inside”

Cosimo Della Santina^*, Carlos Hernandez Corbato, Burak Sisman, Luis A. Leiva, Ioannis Arapakis, Michalis Vakalellis, Jean Vanderdonckt, Luis Fernando D’Haro, Guido Manzi, Cristina Becchio, Aïda Elamrani, Mohsen Alirezaei, Ginevra Castellano, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Arabinda Ghosh, Sofie Haesaert, Sadegh Soudjani, Sybert Stroeve, Paul Verschure, Davide BacciuOphelia Deroy, Bahador Bahrami, Claudio Gallicchio, Sabine Hauert, Ricardo Sanz, Pablo Lanillos, Giovanni Iacca, Stephan Sigg, Manel Gasulla, Luc Steels, Carles Sierra

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Robotics Forum 2024 - 15th ERF
Editors	Cristian Secchi, Lorenzo Marconi
Publisher	Springer
Pages	108-113
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-76423-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76424-0_20
Publication status	Published - 2024
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	European Robotics Forum - Rimini, Italy Duration: 13 Mar 2024 → 15 Mar 2024

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics
Volume	32 SPAR
ISSN (Print)	2511-1256
ISSN (Electronic)	2511-1264

Conference

Conference	European Robotics Forum
Abbreviated title	ERF
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rimini
Period	13/03/2024 → 15/03/2024

Keywords

Artificial Consciousness
Autonomous Systems
Awareness
Living Machines
Robotics

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Della Santina, C., Corbato, C. H., Sisman, B., Leiva, L. A., Arapakis, I., Vakalellis, M., Vanderdonckt, J., D’Haro, L. F., Manzi, G., Becchio, C., Elamrani, A., Alirezaei, M., Castellano, G., Dimarogonas, D. V., Ghosh, A., Haesaert, S., Soudjani, S., Stroeve, S., Verschure, P., ... Sierra, C. (2024). Awareness in Robotics: An Early Perspective from the Viewpoint of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Awareness Inside”. In C. Secchi, & L. Marconi (Eds.), European Robotics Forum 2024 - 15th ERF (pp. 108-113). (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 32 SPAR). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76424-0_20

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Awareness in Robotics: An Early Perspective from the Viewpoint of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Awareness Inside”. / Della Santina, Cosimo; Corbato, Carlos Hernandez; Sisman, Burak et al.
European Robotics Forum 2024 - 15th ERF. ed. / Cristian Secchi; Lorenzo Marconi. Springer, 2024. p. 108-113 (Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics; Vol. 32 SPAR).

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