In this paper we present a broad overview of the last 40 years of research on cognitive
architectures. Although the number of existing architectures is nearing several hundred …

Recent applications of autonomous agents and robots have brought attention to crucial trust-
related challenges associated with the current generation of artificial intelligence (AI) …

Computational Argumentation is a logical model of reasoning that has its origins in
philosophy and provides a means for organising evidence for (or against) particular claims …

The work presented here investigates how environmental features can be used to help
select a task allocation mechanism from a portfolio in a multi-robot exploration scenario. In …

Recent applications of autonomous agents and robots, eg, self-driving cars, scenario-based
trainers, exploration robots, service robots etc., have brought attention to crucial trust-related …

People more readily accept and trust a robot that explains its behavior in natural language.
This paper introduces Why-Plan, a method that compares the perspectives of an …

Now that robots have begun to serve as museum tour guides [18], telepresence robots [21],
and assistants in hospitals and offices [24], autonomous navigation in crowds has become …

Effective collaboration between a robot and a person requires natural communication. When
a robot travels with a human companion, the robot should be able to explain its navigation …

This paper reports on a robot controller that learns and applies a cognitively-based spatial
model as it travels in challenging, real-world indoor spaces. The model not only describes …

If a robot can predict crowds in parts of its environment that are inaccessible to its sensors,
then it can plan to avoid them. This paper proposes a fast, online algorithm that learns …