How to Make Sure That Robot's Behavior Is Human-Like

Authors

Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Laxman Bokati, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

7-2020

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-20-84

Abstract

In many applications -- e.g., in health care -- it is desirable to make robots behave human-like. This means, in particular, that robotic control should not be optimal, it should be similar to human (suboptimal) behavior. People's decisions are based on bounded rationality: since we cannot compute an optimal solution for all possible situations, we divide situations into groups and come up with a solution appropriate for each group. What is optimal here is the division into groups. It is therefore desirable to implement a similar algorithm for robots. To help with such algorithms, we provide techniques that help optimally divide situations into groups.