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Online learning of the body schema
We present an algorithm enabling a humanoid robot to visually learn its body schema, knowing only the number of degrees of freedom in each limb. By “body schema” we mean the joint positions and orientations and thus the kinematic function. The learning is performed by visually observing its end-effectors when moving them. With simulations involving a body schema of more than 20 degrees of freedom, results show that the system is scalable to a high number of degrees of freedom. Real robot experiments confirm the practicality of our approach. Our results illustrate how subjective space representation can develop as a result of sensorimotor contingencies.
Keywords: Kinematic learning; tool use adaptation; body schema; ; peripersonal space ; representation; multimodal integration; developmental robotics.
(2008)Reference
- LASA-ARTICLE-2008-011
- doi:10.1142/S0219843608001376
- View record in Web of Science
Record created on 2008-02-27, modified on 2012-11-08
