Feature Guided Search for Creative Problem Solving Through Tool Construction

Robots in the real world should be able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. Particularly in the context of tool use, robots may not have access to the tools they need for completing a task. In this paper, we focus on the problem of tool construction in the context of task planning. We seek to enable robots to construct replacements for missing tools using available objects, in order to complete the given task. We introduce the Feature Guided Search (FGS) algorithm that enables the application of existing heuristic search approaches in the context of task planning, to perform tool construction efficiently. FGS accounts for physical attributes of objects (e.g., shape, material) during the search for a valid task plan. Our results demonstrate that FGS significantly reduces the search effort over standard heuristic search approaches by ≈93% for tool construction.

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Business Students Meet the Real World: Creative Problem-Solving via a Complex Role-Playing Simulation

Educational Technology Beyond Content - Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-37254-5_21 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 249-259

Author(s):

Dennis W. Cheek ◽

Kim A. Cheek

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Real World ◽

Business Students ◽

Role Playing ◽

Creative Problem Solving ◽

The Real ◽

Creative Problem

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Using the Creative Problem Solving Profile (CPSP) for Diagnosing and Solving Real-World Problems

Emergence ◽

10.1207/s15327000em0503_5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 22-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Min Basadur ◽

Garry Gelade

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Real World ◽

Creative Problem Solving ◽

Creative Problem ◽

Real World Problems

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Usefulness of the Ideation Principle of Extended Effort in Real World Professional and Managerial Creative Problem Solving*

The Journal of Creative Behavior ◽

10.1002/j.2162-6057.1986.tb00414.x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 23-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

MIN BASADUR ◽

RON THOMPSON

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Real World ◽

Creative Problem Solving ◽

Creative Problem

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Personal Problem Solving of Partners in Divorce Proceedings

Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach ◽

10.1027/1192-5604/a000053 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 82-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tereza Soukupova ◽

Petr Goldmann

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Thematic Apperception Test ◽

Scoring Systems ◽

Personal Control ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Personal Problem ◽

Thematic Apperception ◽

And Gender ◽

The Given

Abstract. The Thematic Apperception Test is one of the most frequently administered apperceptive techniques. Formal scoring systems are helpful in evaluating story responses. TAT stories, made by 20 males and 20 females in the situation of legal divorce proceedings, were coded for detection and comparison of their personal problem solving ability. The evaluating instrument utilized was the Personal Problem Solving System-Revised (PPSS-R) as developed by G. F. Ronan. The results indicate that in relation to card 1, men more often than women saw the cause of the problem as removable. With card 6GF, women were more motivated to resolve the given problem than were men, women had a higher personal control and their stories contained more optimism compared to men’s stories. In relation to card 6BM women, more often than men, used emotions generated from the problem to orient themselves within the problem. With card 13MF, the men’s level of stress was less compared to that of the women, and men were more able to plan within the context of problem-solving. Significant differences in the examined groups were found in those cards which depicted significant gender and parental potentials. The TAT can be used to help identify personality characteristics and gender differences.

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