{"id":3533,"date":"2017-03-22T21:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T04:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?page_id=3533"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T21:24:16","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"My Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;m Anthony Francis, and I design <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/images\/iria.jpg\">intelligent machines<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/images\/r1d1.jpg\">emotional robots<\/a>, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1902.09458\">deep reinforcement learning for indoor robot navigation<\/a>. My original research page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/research\/\">http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/research\/<\/a> details my thesis work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/research\/memory\/\">contextual memory.<\/a> More recently, I&#8217;ve focused on robotics, first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/research\/memory\/emotion\/\">emotional robotics<\/a> and later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/research\/robot-navigation\/\">robot navigation<\/a>. More information can be found in the subpages below:<\/p>\n\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.6.3 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<ul class=\"page-list subpages-page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3535 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/research\/memory\/\">Contextual Memory<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3539\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/research\/memory\/context\/\">Contextual Information Retrieval<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3542\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/research\/memory\/emotion\/\">Emotional Long Term Memory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4464\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/research\/robot-navigation\/\">Robot Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/logicalrobotics.com\/\">Logical Robotics<\/a>, a consulting firm specializing in the design and construction of skilled, interpretable, social and efficient intelligent agents. My research involves organizing and promoting the <a href=\"https:\/\/embodied-ai.org\/cvpr2022\">Embodied AI Workshop<\/a>, the premiere workshop exploring the science of machine learning applied to interactive worlds, and social robot navigation work such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socialnavigationsymposium\/home\">Social Navigation Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently,\u00a0 I was a researcher (<a href=\"https:\/\/ai.google\/research\/people\/author35466\">bio page<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anthony-at-google.pdf\">archived<\/a>)\u00a0 for <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.google\/research\/teams\/brain\/robotics\/\">Robotics at Google<\/a>, focusing on robotics for reinforcement learning and reinforcement learning for robotics. My work there involved making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/research\/robot-navigation\/\">robot navigation more reliable<\/a> using approaches that combine deep reinforcement learning, evolutionary computation, and &#8220;traditional&#8221; probabilistic motion planning approaches which were the snazzy new thing when I started my PhD work, and which still do the job pretty well now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/research\/\">My PhD research<\/a> focused on <i>contextual memory<\/i>: how implicit context helps us retrieve and use information more appropriately. This can include not just memory for facts, but memory for emotion: annotating experiences with the emotions they cause can be used to learn emotional responses that are appropriate for different situations.<\/p>\n<p>My other research interests include programming language design, interactive fiction, natural language understanding, animal cognition, cognitive science, intelligent agents, and physics, particularly general relativity. For more information, check out the subpages, or read recent posts below:<\/p>\n<h1>Posts About Intelligence &#8230; Broadly Construed \ud83d\ude42<\/h1>\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/twenty-twenty-six-day-one-six-one-home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig\/\">[twenty twenty six day one six one]: home again home again jiggity jig<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  To display full content including images and html,\n\t\treplace the_excerpt(); with the_content();  below. -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Back from the Embodied AI Workshop! And TIL (today I learned, though not the today of the blogging every day post) that &#8220;home again, home again, jiggity jig&#8221; isn&#8217;t originally&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/real-life\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Real Life<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/real-life\/the-currents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">The Currents<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/blogging-every-day\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blogging Every Day<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/twenty-twenty-six-day-one-six-one-home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/cvpr-this-feels-like-a-70s-bond-villain-headquarters\/\">[cvpr]: this feels like a 70&#8217;s bond villain headquarters<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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CODEFINGER watches as an industrial coding AGENT creeps closer and closer to BOND&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/engineering-the-robot-apocalypse\/\" rel=\"tag\">Engineering the Robot Apocalypse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/cvpr-this-feels-like-a-70s-bond-villain-headquarters\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/07\/cvpr-michael-might-i-remind-you-goliath-is-invulnerable\/\">[cvpr]: michael, might i remind you goliath is invulnerable<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  To display full content including images and html,\n\t\treplace the_excerpt(); with the_content();  below. -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>&#8220;I know, KITT, but let&#8217;s try to take out his right front tire.&#8221; Technically it is possible to swing a stick at CVPR and not hit a self-driving vehicle, but&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/engineering-the-robot-apocalypse\/\" rel=\"tag\">Engineering the Robot Apocalypse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/07\/cvpr-michael-might-i-remind-you-goliath-is-invulnerable\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/06\/embodied-ai-seven-its-over\/\">[embodied ai seven]: it&#8217;s over!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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I&#8217;m promising myself not to over-complicate this post, so here&#8217;s the short story: it went well!&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/appearances\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Appearances<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/appearances\/panels\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Panels<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/embodied-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">Embodied AI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/06\/embodied-ai-seven-its-over\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/the-embodied-ai-workshop-starts-now\/\">The Embodied AI Workshop Starts &#8230; Now<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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Hope to see you all there, or you&#8217;ll all&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/appearances\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Appearances<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/embodied-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">Embodied AI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/the-embodied-ai-workshop-starts-now\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/02\/announcing-the-seventh-annual-embodied-ai-workshop\/\">Announcing the Seventh Annual Embodied AI Workshop<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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No playing of spoons for the Sylvester McCoy fans &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/embodied-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">Embodied AI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/02\/announcing-the-seventh-annual-embodied-ai-workshop\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/04\/twenty-twenty-six-day-four-time-to-crash\/\">[twenty twenty six day four]: time to crash<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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Instead, I&#8217;d like to blog that it&#8217;s late, and I&#8217;m tired.&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/computing\/intelligence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/category\/real-life\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Real Life<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links\">Tagged<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/blogging-every-day\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blogging Every Day<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/exploration-of-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Exploration of Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/tag\/we-call-it-living\/\" rel=\"tag\">We Call It Living<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/04\/twenty-twenty-six-day-four-time-to-crash\/#respond\">Leave a comment<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/05\/the-lorentzian-argument-and-its-impact-on-transgender-narratives\/\">The Lorentzian Argument and its Impact on Transgender Narratives<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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