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METATOOL aims to develop a computational model of synthetic awareness to enhance robots' ability to adapt and invent tools. By integrating metacognition and predictive processing, the project seeks to enable robots to monitor their performance and create new tools for addressing environmental challenges.
Around 3.3 million years ago our ancestors made the first tool.
They imagined a new utensil and then knapped a stone until it became an efficient tool for cutting.
Tool creation was an outstanding technological milestone for humanity providing us with unprecedented control over our environment.
This ability required cognitive capabilities, such as prediction, metacognition, abstraction, and creativity—all of which are associated in humans with awareness.
Current artificial intelligence systems a…
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
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STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
Netherlands, Delft
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
Germany, Berlin
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
Spain, BARCELONA
Type: SME
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
SME: Yes
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