This thesis describes Sonja, a system which uses instructions in the course of visually-guided activity. The thesis explores an integration of research in vision, activity, and natural language pragmatics. Sonja's visual system demonstrates the use of several intermediate visual processes, particularly visual search and routines, previously proposed on psychophysical grounds. The computations Sonja performs are compatible with the constraints imposed by neuroscientifically plausible hardware. Although Sonja can operate autonomously, it can also make flexible use of instructions provided by a human advisor. The system grounds its understanding of these instructions in perception and action.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/6819 |
| Date | 01 April 1990 |
| Creators | Chapman, David |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 244 p., 9076736 bytes, 13802270 bytes, application/postscript, application/pdf |
| Relation | AITR-1204 |
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