Learning of Oculo-Motor Control: A Step Towards Robotic Imitation
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چکیده
Whereas humans continuously adapt their behaviour within a dynamic environment, robots have traditionally been rigidly programmed to perform prede ned tasks. A new approach, learning by imitation, has recently been proposed to enable robots to learn novel behaviours by observing other agents { be they human or robot { operating in their environment. Our paper focuses on how a robot agent can develop a basic visual behaviour, namely oculo-motor control, while progressing through an early stage of imitation learning. A biologically compatible framework is presented along with experimental results.
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