@article{wyatt2010tamd, author = {Wyatt, Jeremy L. and Aydemir, Alper and Brenner, Michael and Hanheide, Marc and Hawes, Nick and Jensfelt, Patric and Kristan, Matej and Kruijff, Geert-Jan M. and Lison, Pierre and Pronobis, Andrzej and Sj\"{o}\"{o}, Kristoffer and Vre\v{c}ko, Alen and Zender, Hendrik and Zillich, Michael and Sko\v{c}aj, Danijel}, title = {Self-Understanding \& Self-Extension: A Systems and Representational Approach}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development (TAMD), Special Issue on Representations and Architectures for Cognitive Systems}, year = 2010, month = dec, volume = 2, number = 4, pages = {282-303}, doi = {10.1109/TAMD.2010.2090149}, url = {http://www.pronobis.pro/publications/wyatt2010tamd}, abstract = {There are many different approaches to building a system that can engage in autonomous mental development. In this paper we present an approach based on what we term self-understanding, by which we mean the explicit representation of and reasoning about what a system does and doesn't know, and how that knowledge changes under action. We present an architecture and a set of representations used in two robot systems that exhibit a limited degree of autonomous mental development, which we term self-extension. The contributions include: representations of gaps and uncertainty for specific kinds of knowledge, and a goal management and planning system for setting and achieving learning goals.} }