Semiosis in Embodied Autonomous Systems
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چکیده
This paper discusses processes of semiosis in embodied autonomous systems such as behavior-based robots or animals. The starting point for this investigation are the peculiarities of embodied autonomous systems, i.e. the fact that they are physical systems with a body that is to be moved around in the real world without the help of a human supervisor. We revisit previous results about the nature of representation in such systems. We interpret the philosophical work of Martin Heidegger and Hubert Dreyfus in this light and show their relevance for autonomous sign users. It will be argued that signs are a type of equipment for such systems that reveal a speciic interaction context and serve to orient autonomous systems at speciic action circuits. These considerations shed new light on a considerable amount of previous work about the usage or communicationn of signs in the eld.
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