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Dr Rupert Young is an independent researcher and technologist. He received his degree in Computing with Artificial Intelligence from the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex, UK and his PhD in Robotics Vision from the Centre for Vision, Sound and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey, UK.

He is passionate about understanding the world around us and in particular the nature of humans and other living systems. With regards to specific research he is interested in building real-world robotic models of perception and behaviour as a means to investigate and understand purposive living systems, and in order to produce useful artificially intelligent systems.

Robotics in the Real World
Departing from the conventional view of the reasons for the behaviour of living systems this talk presents a radical and unique view of that behaviour, as that which emerges from a set of simple, continuous and dynamic negative feedback control systems.

Rather than generating specific behaviour the systems control perceptual goals by varying output. The variables controlled do not exist in the environment, but are entirely internal perceptions constructed as a result of the layout and connections of the neural architecture.

The approach embodies natural adaptation and motivation, crucial for any robotic system operating in the real world. As the underlying principles are independent of the domain, the architecture is universal, thus has significant implications not only for understanding natural living systems, but also has enormous potential for the development of robotics systems.

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Perceptual Robots

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[source: Vive Les Robots!]