SAILOR: perceptual anchoring for robotic cognitive architectures

Abstract Symbolic anchoring is an important topic in robotics, as it enables robots to obtain symbolic knowledge from the perceptual information acquired through their sensors and maintain the link between that knowledge and the sensory data. In cognitive-based robots, this process of transforming s...

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Main Authors: Miguel Á. González-Santamarta, Francisco J. Rodrıguez-Lera, Vicente Matellan-Olivera, Virginia Riego del Castillo, Lidia Sánchez-González
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84071-2
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Lidia Sánchez-González
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description Abstract Symbolic anchoring is an important topic in robotics, as it enables robots to obtain symbolic knowledge from the perceptual information acquired through their sensors and maintain the link between that knowledge and the sensory data. In cognitive-based robots, this process of transforming sub-symbolic data generated by sensors to obtain and maintain symbolic knowledge is still an open problem. To address this issue, this paper presents SAILOR, a framework for symbolic anchoring integrated into ROS 2. SAILOR aims to maintain the link between symbolic data and perceptual data in real robots over time. It provides a semantic world modeling approach using two deep learning-based sub-symbolic robotic skills: object recognition and matching function. The object recognition skill allows the robot to recognize and identify objects in its environment, while the matching function enables the robot to decide if new perceptual data corresponds to existing symbolic data. This paper describes the proposed method and the development of the framework, as well as its integration in MERLIN2 (a hybrid cognitive architecture fully functional in robots running ROS 2) and the validation of SAILOR using public datasets and a real-world scenario.
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spelling doaj-art-2867c721e7124004a4e1954f4d6ce0d62025-08-20T02:53:47ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115111610.1038/s41598-024-84071-2SAILOR: perceptual anchoring for robotic cognitive architecturesMiguel Á. González-Santamarta0Francisco J. Rodrıguez-Lera1Vicente Matellan-Olivera2Virginia Riego del Castillo3Lidia Sánchez-González4Robotics Group, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Computer and Aerospace Sciences, University of LeónRobotics Group, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Computer and Aerospace Sciences, University of LeónRobotics Group, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Computer and Aerospace Sciences, University of LeónRobotics Group, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Computer and Aerospace Sciences, University of LeónRobotics Group, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Computer and Aerospace Sciences, University of LeónAbstract Symbolic anchoring is an important topic in robotics, as it enables robots to obtain symbolic knowledge from the perceptual information acquired through their sensors and maintain the link between that knowledge and the sensory data. In cognitive-based robots, this process of transforming sub-symbolic data generated by sensors to obtain and maintain symbolic knowledge is still an open problem. To address this issue, this paper presents SAILOR, a framework for symbolic anchoring integrated into ROS 2. SAILOR aims to maintain the link between symbolic data and perceptual data in real robots over time. It provides a semantic world modeling approach using two deep learning-based sub-symbolic robotic skills: object recognition and matching function. The object recognition skill allows the robot to recognize and identify objects in its environment, while the matching function enables the robot to decide if new perceptual data corresponds to existing symbolic data. This paper describes the proposed method and the development of the framework, as well as its integration in MERLIN2 (a hybrid cognitive architecture fully functional in robots running ROS 2) and the validation of SAILOR using public datasets and a real-world scenario.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84071-2
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SAILOR: perceptual anchoring for robotic cognitive architectures
Scientific Reports
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