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Text processing
unit (TPU)
Image processing
unit (IPU)
Sensory data
processing unit (SDPU)
Action data
processing unit (ADPU)
Speech processing
unit (SPU)
Knowledge
base (KB)
Inference
engine
(IE)
Figure 11.12 Configuration of IMAGES-M.
locus formula as intermediate knowledge representation, through which it can integrally understand
and generate sensor data, speech, visual image, text, and action data. IMAGES-M is to work as the
main intelligence of the brain node of a DIRN while the intelligence of each sensor or actuator is
a small-scaled IMAGES-M adapted for its specialized function.
IMAGES-M ...