Abstract:
In this paper we describe Icarus, a cognitive archi- tecture for physical agents that integrates ideas from a number of traditions, but that has been especially in uenced by results from cognitive psychology. We review Icarus' commitments to memories and repre- sentations, then present its basic processes for perfor- mance and learning. We illustrate the architecture's behavior on a task from in-city driving that requires in- teraction among its various components. In addition, we discuss Icarus' consistency with qualitative nd- ings about the nature of human cognition. In closing, we consider the framework's relation to other cognitive architectures that have been proposed in the literature.