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Virtual neurorobotics (VNR) to accelerate development of plausible neuromorphic brain architectures

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: Traditional research in artificial intelligence and machine learning has viewed the brain as a specially adapted information-processing system. More recently the field of social robotics has been advanced to capture the important dynamics of human co...

On the interactions between top-down anticipation and bottom-up regression

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of anticipation and regression in modeling cognitive behavior. The meanings of these cognitive functions are explained by describing our proposed neural network model which has been implemented on a set of cognitiv...

Neurobiologically inspired mobile robot navigation and planning

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: After a short review of biologically inspired navigation architectures, mainly relying on modeling the hippocampal anatomy, or at least some of its functions, we present a navigation and planning model for mobile robots. This architecture is based on...

What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approaches

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: Intrinsic motivation, the causal mechanism for spontaneous exploration and curiosity, is a central concept in developmental psychology. It has been argued to be a crucial mechanism for open-ended cognitive development in humans, and as such has gathe...

Evolution of prehension ability in an anthropomorphic neurorobotic arm

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: In this paper, we show how a simulated anthropomorphic robotic arm controlled by an artificial neural network can develop effective reaching and grasping behaviour through a trial and error process in which the free parameters encode the control rule...

MEART: The semi-living artist

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Status : Published
Abstract: Here, we and others describe an unusual neurorobotic project, a merging of art and science called MEART, the semi-living artist.We built a pneumatically actuated robotic arm to create drawings, as controlled by a living network of neurons from rat co...