?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Grounding+of+Meaning+in+Sensori-Motor+Process&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=There+is+an+increasing+agreement+in+the+cognitive+sciences+community+that+our+sensations+are+closely+related+to+our+actions.+Our+actions+impact+our+sensations+from+the+environment+and+the+knowledge+we+have+of+it.+Cognition+is+grounded+in+sensori-motor+coordination.+%0D%0AIn+the+perspective+of+implementing+such+a+performance+in+artificial+systems%2C+there+is+a+need+for+a+model+of+sensori-motor+coordination.%0D%0AWe+propose+here+such+a+model+as+based+on+the+generation+of+meaningful+information+by+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+%5B1%5D.+Systems+and+agents+have+constraints+to+satisfy+which+are+related+to+their+nature+(stay+alive+for+an+organism%2C+avoid+obstacle+for+a+robot%2C+%E2%80%A6).+We+propose+here+to+use+an+existing+meaning+generation+process+where+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+generates+a+meaningful+information+(a+meaning)+when+it+receives+an+information+that+has+a+connection+with+the+constraint+%5B2%5D.+The+generated+meaning+is+precisely+the+connection+existing+between+the+received+information+and+the+constraint+of+the+system.+The+generated+meaning+is+used+to+trigger+an+action+that+will+satisfy+the+constraint.+The+generated+meaning+links+the+system+to+its+environment.+A+Meaning+Generator+System+(MGS)+has+been+introduced+as+a+building+block+for+higher+level+systems+(agents).+The+MGS+allows+to+link+sensation+and+action+through+the+satisfaction+of+the+constraint+of+the+system%2Fagent.+We+use+the+MGS+in+a+model+which+is+based+on+constraint+satisfaction+for+sensori-motor+coordination+in+agents%2C+be+they+organic+or+artificial.+The+meaning+is+generated+by+and+for+the+agent+that+hosts+the+MGS.+Such+approach+makes+possible+an+addressing+of+the+concept+of+autonomy+through+the+intrinsic+or+artificial+nature+of+the+constraint+to+be+satisfied+(organisms+with+intrinsic+constraints%2Fautonomy%2C+artificial+systems+with+artificial+constraints%2Fautonomy).+The+systemic+nature+of+the+MGS+also+allows+to+position+the+groundings+of+the+generated+meaning+as+being+in+or+out+of+the+MGS%2C+and+correspondingly+identify+the+constructivist+and+objectivist+components+of+the+generated+meaning.+%0D%0AThe+approach+presented+here+makes+available+a+sensori-motor+coordination+by+meaning+generation+through+constraint+satisfaction+with+groundings+of+the+generated+meaning.%0D%0A&rft.date=2010-01-27&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6818%2F1%2Fcogsys2010_0057.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe++(2010)+Grounding+of+Meaning+in+Sensori-Motor+Process.++%5BConference+Poster%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6818%2F