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Artificial Neural Network Robot

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jon:
I'll update you guys in about a month, or as soon as I have pictures, whichever comes first ;)

Houshalter:

--- Quote from: Panda on December 31, 2010, 12:19:03 PM ---Houshalter has been there. :)

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Yah. I still think it's a cool idea, I just don't know how and don't have the patience to try :(

But he is way ahead of what I tried though. Good luck.

Botsareus:

--- Quote --- They're an interesting construct, but they do NOT model the way that the human brain actually works. 
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--- Quote --- To create "interesting" behavior, without it being pre-programmed.
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Just some comments:

The way I see it, I agree with Numsgil that a brain can be modeled w/o using neural networks. I believe a brain is like a really large computer program where some parts are more likely to morph then others.

If you just give a robot to do random stuff (Either it is a Neural Network or Code Based) all it will do is random stuff.

The beauty of the human brain is the balance of what parts of it are allowed to morph  and what are not. When that system gets unbalanced people get psychiatric disorders.

Here is an example of the 'pre coded' parts of our brain:

If you point to a monkey, he will still go for the wrong trey of food 50% of the time.

If you point to a dog, it is down to 5%

If you point to a human baby it is down to about 2%

I seen a documentary on this, so my numbers may be a little off, but it should illustrate the concept.

jon:
Hello botsareus,

I agree that there are definitely some areas of the brain that are pre-coded. I also agree that it might, one day, be possible for us to make an artificial consciousness without using neural networks. However, currently the brain is not understood well enough for us to make such a program, and therefore I'm trying to avoid using non-biomorphic means.

It's hard for me to describe the goal of the project, because I just end up saying a different thing each time. But the best definition is that it is a research platform for different Alife technologies.

That said, it won't really be programmed to do random stuff. It will be programmed with a new goal for each experiment.

In general, the main non-morphing "program" is the hard-coded microcore in the scoutwalker, which, through a direct connection to the spinstamp, functions as a central pattern generator.

Botsareus:

--- Quote ---It will be programmed with a new goal for each experiment.
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Ah, nice.  8)

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