Artificial cognitive control system based on the shared circuits model of sociocognitive capacities. A first approach

A first approach for designing and implementing an artificial cognitive control system based on the shared circuit models is presented in this work. The shared circuits model approach of sociocognitive capacities recently proposed by Hurley in The shared circuits model (SCM): how control, mirroring, and simulation can enable imitation, deliberation, and mindreading. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31(1) (2008)1-22 is enriched and improved in this work. A five-layer computational architecture for designing artificial cognitive control systems is proposed on the basis of a modified shared circuits model for emulating sociocognitive experiences such as imitation, deliberation, and mindreading. In order to show the enormous potential of this approach, a simplified implementation is applied to a case study. An artificial cognitive control system is applied for controlling force in a manufacturing process that demonstrates the suitability of the suggested approach. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.