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Brooks proposes the subsumption architecture

A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot

Date
1987
Category
Research breakthrough
Organization / Model
MIT
Evidence
2 sources · 2 evidence families

Rodney Brooks argued that intelligence can emerge from layered composition of simple behaviours without first building a complete symbolic model of the world. Subsumption influenced mobile robots, embodied intelligence and later reinforcement learning research.

Curator's note: Cross-checked against the original paper and the Wikipedia article.

Curated sources · 2

  1. Original paper · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation1986-03

    A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot

    doi.org

  2. Reference material · Wikipedia1987-01-01

    A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot

    en.wikipedia.org

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