Cognitive Architectures by David Vernon explores how to design complete intelligent systems for robots by combining insights from artificial intelligence, robotics, and cognitive science. A cognitive architecture is the blueprint that integrates perception, action, memory, learning, reasoning, and decision making into one coherent system.
This book is the book 10 of the series 'Cognitive Robotics' .The book traces the roots of cognitive science, from symbolic approaches to connectionist and embodied models, and explains how hybrid systems bring these strands together. It reviews the strengths and limitations of leading architectures such as Soar, ACT-R, and CLARION, and shows how they can be applied to real robotic platforms. Case studies demonstrate how abstract theories translate into robots that can plan, learn, adapt, and interact.
Clear and forward-looking, Cognitive Architectures is essential reading for researchers, engineers, and students interested in AI, robotics, cognitive science, and the future of autonomous intelligent agents.