Discretized ISO-learning neural network for obstacle avoidance in reactive robot controllers

  • Authors:
  • José M. Cuadra Troncoso;José R. Álvarez Sánchez;Félix de la Paz López

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, UNED, Spain;Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, UNED, Spain;Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, UNED, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Neurocomputing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Isotropic sequence order learning (ISO-learning) and its variations, input correlation only learning (ICO-learning) and ISO three-factor learning (ISO3-learning) are unsupervised neural algorithms to learn temporal differences. As robotic software operates mainly in discrete time domain, a discretization of ISO-learning is needed to apply classical conditioning to reactive robot controllers. Discretization of ISO-learning is achieved by modifications to original rules: weights sign restriction, to adequate ISO-learning devices outputs to the usually predefined kinds of connections (excitatory/inhibitory) used in neural networks, and decay term in learning rate for weights stabilization. Discrete ISO-learning devices are included into neural networks used to learn simple obstacle avoidance in the reactive control of two real robots.