Brain Inspired Navigation Blog
The excerpt note is about how to move the activity of pose cells according to the translational and rotational velocity in RatSLAM from Michael et al. 2008, 2004.
The new path integration method shifts existing pose cell activity rather than …
The excerpt note is from Michael et al., 2008, which explains the detail process to update the activity of pose cells in RatSLAM.
Milford, Michael J., and Gordon F. Wyeth. “Mapping a suburb with a single camera using a …
Robust, Visual-Inertial State Estimation: from Frame-based to Event-based Cameras
This lecture was presented by Professor Davide Scaramuzza at Affiliation University of Zurich, ETH Zurich in September 25, 2017 on Series Microsoft Research Talks.
Professor Davide Scaramuzza presented main algorithms to …
Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicycles powered by AI
January 23, 2018, by University of Zurich
Developed by UZH researchers, the algorithm DroNet allows drones to fly completely by themselves through the streets of a city …
Taiping Zeng, and Bailu Si. “Cognitive Mapping Based on Conjunctive Representations of Space and Movement.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics 11 (2017).
In this work, the researchers developed a cognitive mapping model for mobile robots, taking advantage of the coding …
Adam Jacobson, Zetao Chen, Michael Milford. Leveraging variable sensor spatial acuity with a homogeneous, multi-scale place recognition framework. Biological Cybernetics, Jan 20, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-017-0745-7 .
This paper presented a biologically inspired multi-scale, multi-sensor place recognition system that incorporates the …
Laurens J., et al., 2018 reviews head direction cells. They propose a quantitative framework whereby this drive represents a multisensory self-motion estimate computed through an internal model that uses sensory prediction errors of vestibular, visual, and somatosensory cues to improve …
The excerpt note is from the Michael’s book. The example code is implemented by Fangwen, which can help us to understand the process and principle of the method.
Michael Milford. Robot Navigation from Nature: Simultaneous Localisation, Mapping, and Path Planning …
This excerpt note is about place cell activity model from the Arleo A. et al. 2000 paper.
Arleo, Angelo, and Wulfram Gerstner. “Spatial cognition and neuro-mimetic navigation: a model of hippocampal place cell activity.” Biological cybernetics 83, no. …
1. ‘Bat-nav’ reveals how the brain tracks other animals
By Alison Abbott, published on the Nature News in Jan 12, 2018
This is a brief excerpt note for studying the continuous attractor neural network (CANN) and 1D CANN for Head Direction.
The content is from the Wu, S., et al. review paper. (Wu, S., Wong, K.M., Fung, C.A., …
The video was published on the Vimeo by TRICKLABOR in Jan 8, 2018
Scientists examine the brain and how it works on many different levels, from human interactions to the chemistry of neurotransmitters. This animations compares the scale of the …
The chapter is published by Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, John F. Kalaska, Michael D. Crutcher, Roberto Caminiti, Joe T. Massey in 1984.
This blog is a brief summary of the chapter about neuronal mechanisms and representation of movement direction.
Georgopoulos, Apostolos P., Andrew B. Schwartz, and Ronald E. Kettner. “Neuronal population coding of movement direction.” Science (1986): 1416-1419.
The blog is a brief summary of the neuronal population coding model for movement direction.
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Brain Inspired Navigation Blog
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