This paper describes the application of basis concepts in semiotics and nonsmooth systems to robot control. The resulting framework yields a vocabulary of movements tailored to the control of semi-autonomous robots. Semiotics provides a set of classes of objects to model the interactions among humans. The paper proposes the use of these semiotic objects to model human–robot interactions, accoun...

The Internet is a giant semiotic system. It is a massive collection of Peirce's three kinds of signs: icons, which show the form of something; indices, which point to something; and symbols, which represent something according to some convention. But current proposals for ontologies and metadata have overlooked some of the most important features of signs. A sign has three aspects: it is (1) an...

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In this paper I take a look at what semiotics has to offer inquirers. I look at its implications for epistemology and method, especially in light of its support for multiple realities. Inquirers will find it provides a framework in which they can find a place for any method that does not objectify the sign process and in which they as authors of inquiry will be made visible to readers of that i...

The overall purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of semiotics concepts to the analysis of intelligent control systems. Semiotics has only a minor impact on research within intelligent control or robotics. These areas are currently dominated by mathematical concepts of control theory and information processing concepts of artificial intelligence. This situation is unfortunate be...

What justifies a discipline is its grounding in practical activities. Documentary evidence is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for viability. This applies to semiotics as it applies to mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, and all other forms of questioning the world. While all forms of knowledge testify to the circularity of the epistemological effort, semiotics knowledg...