CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "HRCA — Harm-Reflex Constitutional Architecture: An Artificial Nervous Body Framework for Embodied Robots"
message: "If you use or build on HRCA, please cite this white paper."
type: software
version: "0.2.1"
date-released: "2026-05-24"
license: "CC-BY-4.0 AND Apache-2.0"
authors:
  - family-names: "Hall"
    given-names: "Justin"
repository-code: "https://github.com/genforAI/hrca"
url: "https://github.com/genforAI/hrca"
abstract: >
  HRCA proposes a general layered control architecture for embodied robots
  in which a Harm-Reflex Constraint Layer has constitutional priority over
  a Neuromodulated Motor-Primitive Layer, which in turn has priority over an
  RL / AI Strategy Layer. The three layers are instantiated as a
  morphology-specific artificial nervous body; humanoids are the most complex
  special case, not the canonical case. HRCA is a framework-level
  systematization, not a component-level invention.
keywords:
  - robotics
  - embodied AI
  - safe reinforcement learning
  - neurorobotics
  - artificial nervous system
  - control architecture
  - reflex
  - central pattern generator
  - dynamic movement primitives

preferred-citation:
  type: generic
  title: "HRCA — Harm-Reflex Constitutional Architecture: An Artificial Nervous Body Framework for Embodied Robots"
  authors:
    - family-names: "Hall"
      given-names: "Justin"
  year: 2026
  notes: "White paper / design framework; not a completed product."