EMERGE: Emergent Awarneess from Minimal Collectives (2022 - 2026)

Abstract

When intelligence is distributed across many parts, be they robots, devices, or objects, it can be tricky for the bigger picture to emerge. Yet answering these questions is key to making collective systems that are easy to design, monitor and control. EMERGE will deliver a new philosophical, mathematical, and technological framework to demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, how a collaborative awareness – a representation of shared existence, environment and goals – can arise from the interactions of elemental artificial entities. In this effort, we will rely only on unstructured conditions that the real world demands without leveraging a pre-existing shared language between them. Our goal is to surpass the limitations and barriers of the current state-of-the-art distributed systems to produce breakthroughs and open new markets in the next generation of robotic systems.

Project information

Project title
EMERGE: Emergent Awarneess from Minimal Collectives
Funded by
European Union
Project link
EMERGE
Project duration
1.10.2022 - 30.9.2026
Funds awarded
-
Project team
Prof. Dr. Ophelia Deroy
Bahador Bahrami
Dr. Jurgis Karpus
Nadine Meertens
Associated Chair
Chair of Philosophy of Mind