Robot Navigation From Nature: Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping Based On Hippocampal Models

这个项目将创造一种新的机器人控制方法，允许机器人学习任何地区的地图，然后使用该地图导航。这一新方法是基于最近的啮齿动物大脑模型的想法。 由此带来的机器人导航的改进为新兴的服务机器人行业带来了立竿见影的好处。此外，在机器人中复制高级大脑功能的行为将增加对包括人类在内的哺乳动物记忆和学习的理解。因此，这项研究的结果将使机器人设计师和大脑研究人员都受益。

This project will create a new method of robot control that allows a robot to learn a map of any area and then navigate using that map. The new method is based on ideas from recent models of rodent brains. The resulting improvements in robot navigation offer immediate benefits to the emerging service robot industry. In addition, the act of reproducing a high-level brain function in a robot will increase the understanding of memory and learning in mammals, including humans. Consequently, the outcomes of this research will benefit both robot designers and brain researchers.