ABSTRACT
Spatial Cognition is concerned with the acquisition, the organization, the utilization, and the revision of knowledge about spatial environments, be it real or abstract, human or machine. Research issues range from human spatial cognition to mobile robot navigation. The SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition aims at integrating the diverse specialized computational solutions and results into a common framework of cognitive functions to deal with complex spatial tasks. The SFB/TR 8 is structured into three research areas: reasoning, action, and interaction. Reasoning projects are concerned with internal and external representations of space and with inference processes using the representations. Action projects are concerned with the acquisition of information from spatial environments and with actions and behavior in the environments. Modes of assistance comprise verbal instructions and graphical communication, for instance by maps. Further options for spatial task assistance might be guidance by autonomous robots or transportation by (semi-)autonomous vehicles.
