[ACT-R-users] ACT-R: any work combining cognition with motion capture/musculoskeletal simulation?

[Dan Bothell]

I don't know of any ACT-R work in that area, and the standard ACT-R
distribution only provides fairly simple motor functions for interacting
with a computer (keyboard and mouse) which are based on the Manual Motor
Processor from the EPIC architecture.

There is a mechanism in ACT-R for extending the motor functionality through
its existing motor module, and one could also add a new module if needed
for more complex tasks like some of those that you mentioned.  So, it would
be possible to extend the system for such work, but it would likely require
some significant work to implement.

Hope that helps,
Dan

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM Audette, Michel A. <maudette at odu.edu> wrote:

> Dear members of the ACT-R users list,
>
> I'm intrigued by ACT-R, having just heard about it at a conference last
> week, and in particular, I'd like to find out if there is any work that
> uses ACT-R in conjunction with a musculoskeletal model of the human, while
> performing a specific activity (a human operator). In other words, the
> cognitive processes of an operator of a system (welding, flight, athlete,
> clinical, military, etc)  along with tracking of his/her gestures in
> conjunction with this system operation. I would like to couple
>
> I'm a biomedical engineer with interests in both medical simulation and
> human performance modeling, and I am trying to develop a hybrid human model
> toward a simulation of the human performance type.
>
> I will probably have more questions for you as my interest in this
> evolves. Thanks for your kind consideration.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Michel Audette, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
> Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering,
> Old Dominion University,
> Norfolk, VA.
> maudette at odu.edu; office phone: 757-683-6940.
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