Patent ID: 8190543

Claim:
A system, comprising: a tool system that performs a task, the tool system includes a sensor component that generates data that characterizes the task; an interaction component that receives the data, the interaction component includes an adaptor component that packages the data and conveys packaged data; and an autonomous learning system that receives the packaged data and generates a knowledge that characterizes the packaged data and performance of the tool system, wherein the autonomous learning system comprises: a processing platform that processes the packaged data, the processing platform includes a set of functional units that operate on the packaged data, wherein the set of functional units comprise: an adaptive inference engine that analyzes the packaged data and infers an action to perform based at least in part on a process goal for the tool system; and a goal component that evolves the process goal based at least in part on one of data or a context change; and a memory platform that stores the knowledge, the memory platform includes a hierarchy of memories that includes a long term memory, a short term memory, and an episodic memory, wherein the long term memory stores a set of concepts that includes at least one of an entity, a relationship, or a procedure, and wherein a concept in the set of concepts includes a first numeric attribute that indicates relevance of a concept to a current state of the tool system, and a second numeric attribute that indicates a degree of difficulty to use the concept.