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Main Authors: Lee, Suet, Meertens, Nadine, Milner, Emma, Hauert, Sabine
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Published: Zenodo 2026
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07448-5_2
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author Lee, Suet
Meertens, Nadine
Milner, Emma
Hauert, Sabine
author_facet Lee, Suet
Meertens, Nadine
Milner, Emma
Hauert, Sabine
contents <p>Measuring awareness in artificial agents remains an unre-solved challenge. We argue that it holds untapped potential for enhanc-ing their design, control, and effectiveness. In this paper, we propose a novel and tractable approach to measure the impact of awareness on system performance, structured around distinct dimensions of awareness – temporal, spatial, metacognitive, self and agentive. Each dimension is linked to specific capacities and tasks. Specifically, we demonstrate our approach through a swarm robotics intralogistics scenario, where w eassesstheinfluenceoftwodimensionsofawareness–spatialandself–ontheperformanceoftheswarminacollectivetransporttask.Ourresultsrevealhowincreasedabilitiesalongtheseawarenessdimensionsaffectoverallswarmefficiency.Thisframeworkrepresentsaninitialsteptowardsquantifyingawarenessin,andacross,artificialsystems.</p>
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spellingShingle A Framework for the Examination of Awareness in Artificial Systems
Lee, Suet
Meertens, Nadine
Milner, Emma
Hauert, Sabine
<p>Measuring awareness in artificial agents remains an unre-solved challenge. We argue that it holds untapped potential for enhanc-ing their design, control, and effectiveness. In this paper, we propose a novel and tractable approach to measure the impact of awareness on system performance, structured around distinct dimensions of awareness – temporal, spatial, metacognitive, self and agentive. Each dimension is linked to specific capacities and tasks. Specifically, we demonstrate our approach through a swarm robotics intralogistics scenario, where w eassesstheinfluenceoftwodimensionsofawareness–spatialandself–ontheperformanceoftheswarminacollectivetransporttask.Ourresultsrevealhowincreasedabilitiesalongtheseawarenessdimensionsaffectoverallswarmefficiency.Thisframeworkrepresentsaninitialsteptowardsquantifyingawarenessin,andacross,artificialsystems.</p>
title A Framework for the Examination of Awareness in Artificial Systems
url https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07448-5_2