Bio-inspired Model of Robot Spatial Cognition: Topological Place Recognition and Target Learning

Author

Barrera, Alejandra ; Weitzenfeld, Alfredo

Author_Institution

Inst. Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City

fYear

2007

fDate

20-23 June 2007

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

66

Abstract

In this paper we present a model designed on the basis of the rat´s brain neurophysiology to provide a robot with spatial cognition and goal-oriented navigation capabilities. We describe place representation and recognition processes in rats as the basis for topological map building and exploitation by robots. We experiment with the model by training a robot to find the goal in a maze starting from a fixed location, and by testing it to reach the same target from new different starting locations.

Keywords

SLAM (robots); biomimetics; cognition; neurophysiology; pattern recognition; bioinspired model; goal-oriented navigation; rat brain neurophysiology; robot spatial cognition; target learning; topological map building; topological map exploitation; topological place recognition; Cognition; Cognitive robotics; Hippocampus; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Rats; Robotics and automation; Simultaneous localization and mapping; Target recognition; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 2007. CIRA 2007. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jacksonville, FI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0790-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0790-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIRA.2007.382839

Filename

4269839