1. We want to perceptually ground the meaning of linguistic concepts. Sensors provide this directly for some words:
hear (sound) temperature
see feed (recharge)
feel (touch) light level
yellow time/date
green hunger
blue force
red north
black south
acceleration range
angular rotation/deflection wind speed and direction
For example, if an observer inputs the word "feel" when a touch sensor or force gauge is stimulated then the word's meaning is learned as an association (case) by Asa H. I have given Asa H all of these concepts using NXT sensors.
top bottom left right front back
can be defined by sensors that are placed in those locations.
2. With pattern recognition Asa H can be taught to recognize letters, numerals, and common objects like:
roads feet
heads faces
hair eyes
mouth nose
people body
chest arms
hands leg
male female
fish common plants
house bird
wheel table
chair some common sounds
go/moving hill
Preprocessors are likely to be useful/necessary (just as face recognition may be innate in humans). I've built neural network recognition modules for both letters and numerals.
3. Some meanings are learned at the next hierarchical level (or higher):
temperature < threshold ----- cold collision and sensor pegged ----- damage
temperature > threshold ----- hot (we could give Asa a pain signal from this)
yellow ----- color
green ----- color grasp and release and force zeros --- drop
blue ----- color
red ----- color push and displace > threshold ----- soft/flexible
light level < threshold ----- dark
range < threshold ----- near push and displacement < threshold ---- hard
range > threshold ----- far far then later near ----- approach
left ----- side right ----- side
front ----- side back ----- side
grasp then lift then move ----- take
near then later far ----- retreat
4. Synonyms are learned when an observer inputs another word under similar conditions:
force ----- push force ----- touch
collision ----- hit near ----- close
far ----- distant top ----- up
bottom ----- down top ----- high
bottom ----- low feed ----- energy
stop ----- rest grasp ----- hold
hungry ----- need retreat ----- leave
feed ----- good
These concepts constitute Asa's initial ontology.
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