Bringing up robot: Fundamental mechanisms for creating a self-motivated, self-organizing architecture

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-150

  Blank, Douglas ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a   Meeden, Lisa ^b   Marshall, James B ^c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MOTION PLANNING; MOTIVATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CORE INGREDIENTS; DEVELOPMENTAL ALGORITHMS; SELF-MOTIVATIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 13844281871     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720590897107     Document Type: Article

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