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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ernest Grady Booch, Lahaina, HI (US);
Raphael P. Chancey, Leander, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a sensor subsystem comprising i) a plurality of sensors that collect information about the apparatus' immediate environment and ii) at least one agent that fuses and interprets the collected information; a model subsystem comprising i) a plurality of models, including a model for each of the apparatus' immediate environment, sentient beings, and the apparatus itself, the models receiving the collected information and storing other information and ii) at least one agent that uses the collected information and the stored other information to deduce information about the apparatus' immediate environment; an actuator subsystem comprising a plurality of actuators that interact with the apparatus' immediate environment based upon the collected information and the information deduced by the model subsystem; and an agency subsystem comprising a plurality of agents that carry out plans according to goals identifying at least one desired outcome in relation to the apparatus' immediate environment.