Design principles of intelligent machines-design evaluation from information aspect

In an intelligent machine design, the information system design plays an important role as well as the mechanical and electronic design, because intelligent functions are mostly realized by the software. In addition, the data that should be processed becomes huge. In this paper, the conventional ISM (interpretive structural modeling) is extended to such a system design and some design principles are discussed such as the data flow balance in the system. As a case study, sensory design and simple experiments were performed. In the last of the paper, the application to the self-organizing machine is also discussed