As a contrast to the usual robotics approach, let us examine
some work from the field of ethology, the study of animal
behavior. Much effort has been devoted to finding the
"releasing" stimulus for particular behavioral pattern. By care-
fully controlled studies researchers are able to determine what
features of the situation an animal is paying attention to.
Typically, creatures do not have very detailed models of the
objects they interact with.
Figure
1-2.
Animals
seem
to use
incomplete models
for
many activities.
Baby seagulls respond just
as
well
to the
mockup
on the
right
as
they
do to
their
own
parent (left).
The
critica ...
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