A draft version of a new paper (PDF format) by Knud Thomsen of the Paul Scherrer Institute has turned up online. The paper offers some insights into the Ouroborus Model of an algorithmic architecture for cognitive agents. The model is

Well, not exactly. French obstetricians have developed a robotic child birth simulator to assist in teaching medical students the difficult technique of using forceps safely and correctly. The robot, called BirthSIM, "is a life-size model of a mother's pelvis, with