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medicine during complex operations, in the military for locating a target to be ana-
lysed (not excluding tactical operations), in outer space work or in many other ap-
plications, there is no doubt of the precision and accuracy of action indispensable in
these cases. For a robot to have such characteristics, it must analyse the situation
correctly, or more precisely, it has to correctly identify the purpose of its action (of
its analysis). These activities are characteristic for cognitive robots which not only
execute simple actions, but also, or primarily, can understand an instruction, the
given situation or their surroundings. Activities taken by a cognitive robot are
shown in Figure 7.9.
Fig. 7.9.
A cognitive robot architecture
Figure 7.9 shows the architecture of a cognitive robot named Ziutek, the flows
of information reaching Ziutek as well as the method of its perception and analy-
sis. The robot executes basic actions including:
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moving (can walk, can ride);
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head and hand movements;
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facial expressions (narrowing eyelids, movements of the mouth);
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gestures (satisfaction, dissatisfaction, tiredness);
