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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Luc Steels, Paris, FR;
Luc Steels, Paris, FR;
Sony France S.A., Clichy la Garenne, FR;
Abstract
Developmental systems () are provided with an autotelic mechanism for driving their development. An autotelic component () in the system uses a mapping mechanism () to produce an output based on a set of inputs. The mapping mechanism () implements a mapping that is dependent upon a state associated therewith. The content of the state is changed by a learning/repair module () based on interactions between the system and the environment, and so reflects knowledge gained by this component as a result of its experience. The autotelic component () monitors its own performance with reference to the level of a set of one or more challenge parameters whose levels quantify the complexity of different parameters relating to the autotelic component (). The state associated with the mapping mechanismis altered depending upon the component's performance as evaluated during the monitoring. A controller () controls the levels of the challenge parameters.