Remote-neocortex control of robotic search and threat identification Remote-neocortex control of robotic search and threat identification

摘要

Robots with remote processing capabilities would be useful in hazardous or complex environments presenting weight and cost constraints. We implemented a novel robotic system that incrementally triangulates and navigates towards a speaking target. This system comprises a distributed, biologically inspired, three-layer control system. High-level decision making is performed via Internet protocol by a pulse-coded neocortical simulator situated remotely in a secure location. The robot navigated towards and contacted an animated human mouth target in 75 of 80 trials (x{sup}2 = 20.3, P < 0.0001). Current work involves classification and appropriate tactical response to acquired audio and visual speech information.