A Robot Learns to Imagine Itself
As every athletic or fashion-conscious person knows, our body image is not always accurate or realistic, but it’s an important piece of information that determines how we function in the world. When you reach to grab an object in a cluttered environment or sidestep a pothole, your brain is constantly planning ahead so that you can reach your goal without bumping into anything, tripping, or falling over.
We humans acquire our body-model as infants, and robots are following suit. A Columbia Engineering team announced today they have created a robot that--for the first time --is able to learn a model of its entire body from scratch, without any human assistance. In a new study published by Science Robotics, the researchers demonstrate how their robot created a self-model, and then used its self-model to plan motion, reach goals, and avoid obstacles in a variety of situations. It even automatically recognized and then compensated for damage to its body.
Read the full story on our Columbia Engineering home page.
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