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AMIRE
2005
Springer
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15 years 8 months ago
Extending the Temporal Horizon of Autonomous Robots
Abstract. We introduce mathematically rigorous metrics on agent experiences having various temporal horizons. Sensorimotor variables accessible to the agent are treated as informat...
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Naeem Assif Mirza, Kerstin...
CSDA
2008
117views more  CSDA 2008»
15 years 3 months ago
Parametric and nonparametric Bayesian model specification: A case study involving models for count data
In this paper we present the results of a simulation study to explore the ability of Bayesian parametric and nonparametric models to provide an adequate fit to count data, of the t...
Milovan Krnjajic, Athanasios Kottas, David Draper
AR
2002
157views more  AR 2002»
15 years 3 months ago
Acquiring state from control dynamics to learn grasping policies for robot hands
Abstract--A prominent emerging theory of sensorimotor development in biological systems proposes that control knowledge is encoded in the dynamics of physical interaction with the ...
Roderic A. Grupen, Jefferson A. Coelho Jr.
NIPS
2007
15 years 4 months ago
Random Sampling of States in Dynamic Programming
We combine three threads of research on approximate dynamic programming: sparse random sampling of states, value function and policy approximation using local models, and using lo...
Christopher G. Atkeson, Benjamin Stephens
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ICRA
2008
IEEE
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15 years 9 months ago
Modeling of a closed loop cable-conduit transmission system
— Many surgical robots use cable-conduit pairs in a pull-pull configuration to actuate the instruments and transmit power into the patient’s body. Friction between the cable an...
Varun Agrawal, William J. Peine, Bin Yao