期刊名称：Avant : Journal of Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
印刷版ISSN：2082-7598
电子版ISSN：2082-6710
出版年度：2012
卷号：III
期号：2
出版社：Centre for Philosophical Research
摘要：In this paper, we consider the influence of Gibson's affordance theory on the design of robotic agents. Affordance theory (and the ecological approach to agent design in gen-eral) has in many cases contributed to the development of successful robotic systems; we provide a brief survey of AI research in this area. However, there remain signifi-cant issues that complicate discussions on this topic, particularly in the exchange of ideas between researchers in artificial intelligence and ecological psychology. We identify some of these issues, specifically the lack of a generally accepted definition of "affordance" and fundamental differences in the current approaches taken in AI and ecological psychology. While we consider reconciliation between these fields to be possible and mutually beneficial, it will require some flexibility on the issue of direct perception
