— While robot mapping has seen massive strides , higher level abstractions in map representation are still not widespread. Maps containing semantic concepts such as objects and l...
We present an efficient and robust method of locating a set of feature points in an object of interest. From a training set we construct a joint model of the appearance of each fe...
Hinton and Nowlan have demonstrated a model of how lifetime plasticity can guide evolution. They show how acquired traits change the shape of the reward landscape in which subseque...
This paper addresses the problem of reducing the hysteresis found in the actuation of most smart materials. They are divided in two groups: systems with no saturation (e.g. piezoe...
We discuss properties of high order neurons in competitive learning. In such neurons, geometric shapes replace the role of classic `point' neurons in neural networks. Complex ...