Future Benchmarks
Future benchmarks will address more intuitive physics conceptual blocks. Here are some projected blocks.
Block
Core Principle
Related computational problem
Infants
Objects
O0
Objecthood
object segmentation
4 months
O1 (2019)
Object permanence
object tracking
5 months
O2 (2019)
Shape constancy
tracking+categorization
10,12 months
O3 (2019)
Spatio-temporal continuity
tracking+prediction
4 months
O4
Energy conservation
trajectory prediction
from 10 months
Interactions
I1
Impenetrability
muti-object trajectory planning
I2
Contact causality
action planning
I3
Gravity and support
predicting stability
I4
Containement
object reasoning
Further blocks will be developped on more complex or non-rigid objects like strings, membranes, fluids and gasses, or articulated objects. Another direction is to use simple objects but more complex dynamics, like self-propelled objects, agents, etc.