Self-Localization of Autonomous Robots by Hidden Representations

  • Authors:
  • J. Michael Herrmann;Klaus Pawelzik;Theo Geisel

  • Affiliations:
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstraße 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. mherrma@gwdg.de;Institute for Theoretical Physics, Bremen University, Kufsteiner Straße 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany. pawelzik@physik.uni-bremen.de;Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstraße 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. geisel@chaos.gwdg.de

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Robots
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

We present a framework for constructing representations ofspace in an autonomous agent which does not obtain any directinformation about its location. Instead the algorithm reliesexclusively on inputs from its sensors. Activations within a neuralnetwork are propagated in time depending on the input from receptorswhich signal the agent‘s own actions. The connections of the networkto receptors for external stimuli are adapted according to a Hebbianlearning rule derived from the prediction error on sensory inputsone time step ahead. During exploration of the environment therespective cells become selectively activated by particular locationsand directions even when relying on highly ambiguous stimuli.