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The view-graph approach to visual navigation and spatial memory

1997

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This paper describes a purely visual navigation scheme based on two elementary mechanisms (piloting and guidance) and a graph structure combining individual navigation steps controlled by these mechanisms. In robot experiments in real environments, both mechanisms have been tested, piloting in an open environment and guidance in a maze with restricted movement opportunities. The results indicate that navigation and path planning can be brought about with these simple mechanisms. We argue that the graph of local views (snapshots) is a general and biologically plausible means of representing space and integrating the various mechanisms of map behaviour.

Author(s): Mallot, HA. and Franz, MO. and Schölkopf, B. and Bülthoff, HH.
Book Title: Artificial Neural Networks: ICANN ’97
Journal: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 97, Lausanne, Switzerland (Eds.) W. Gerstner et al. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin 1997
Pages: 751-756
Year: 1997
Month: October
Day: 0
Editors: W Gerstner and A Germond and M Hasler and J-D Nicoud
Publisher: Springer

Department(s): Empirical Inference
Bibtex Type: Conference Paper (inproceedings)

DOI: 10.1007/BFb0020244
Event Name: 7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks
Event Place: Lausanne, Switzerland

Address: Berlin, Germany
Digital: 0
ISBN: 3-540-63631-5
Organization: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
School: Biologische Kybernetik

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@inproceedings{414,
  title = {The view-graph approach to visual navigation and spatial memory},
  author = {Mallot, HA. and Franz, MO. and Sch{\"o}lkopf, B. and B{\"u}lthoff, HH.},
  journal = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 97, Lausanne, Switzerland  (Eds.) W. Gerstner et al. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin 1997},
  booktitle = {Artificial Neural Networks: ICANN '97},
  pages = {751-756},
  editors = {W Gerstner and A Germond and M Hasler and J-D Nicoud},
  publisher = {Springer},
  organization = {Max-Planck-Gesellschaft},
  school = {Biologische Kybernetik},
  address = {Berlin, Germany},
  month = oct,
  year = {1997},
  doi = {10.1007/BFb0020244},
  month_numeric = {10}
}