Controlling a mobile robot with a biological brain

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Warwick, Kevin ^a   Xydas, Dimitris ^a   Nasuto, Slawomir J ^a   Becerra, Victor M ^a   Hammond, Mark W ^a   Downes, Julia H ^a   Marshall, Simon ^a   Whalley, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological neuronal networks; Biological neurons; Intelligent controlling mechanism; Machine learning; Mobile robot; Neural network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NEURONS;

BIOLOGICAL NEURON; BIOLOGICAL NEURONAL NETWORK; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; INTELLIGENT CONTROLING MECHANISM; MACHINE-LEARNING; NEURAL STRUCTURES; NEURAL-NETWORKS; NEURONAL NETWORKS; REAL-WORLD; RECENT RESEARCHES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 75449090833     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.60.11     Document Type: Review

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