The Role of Mental Rotations in Primate-inspired Robot Navigation

Abstract

The use of a primate's spatial ability of mental rotation to serve as a basis for robotic navigation has been almost entirely overlooked by the robotics community to date. In this paper, the role of this cognitive capacity is presented as an adjunct to existing robotic control systems, with the underlying approach being derived from studies of primate spatial cognition. Specifically, optical flow is used as a basis for transitory representations (snapshots) that are compared to an a priori visual goal to provide corrective course action for a robot when moving through the world. The underlying architecture and procedures are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563223

Entities

People

  • Ronald C. Arkin

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Cognition
  • Communities
  • Control Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Robot Navigation
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Rotation
  • Standards
  • Systems Biology

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy