Bootstrapping perception using information theory: Case studies in a quadruped robot running on different grounds

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Nico M ^a   Hoffmann, Matej ^a   Nakajima, Kohei ^a   Pfeifer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

body schema; developmental robotics; Information theory; perception; sensorimotor contingencies; transfer entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880373065     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525912500786     Document Type: Article

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