[CompNeuro] COBRA seminar 31.1.2023: Matej Hoffmann (FEL CVUT): Learning body models: from humans to humanoid robots

[Jaroslav Hlinka]

Dear all,

let me invite you to the next talk within the COBRA group seminar, taking place on Tuesday 31.1.2023, 4:00pm.

The speaker will be*Matej Hoffmann Ph.D. (Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Czech Technical University)*

Title:Learning body models: from humans to humanoid robots
Abstract: Humans and animals excel in combining information from multiple sensory modalities, controlling their complex bodies, adapting to growth, failures, or using tools. These capabilities are also highly desirable in robots. They are displayed by machines to some extent. Yet, the artificial creatures are lagging behind. The key foundation is an internal representation of the body that the agent -- human, animal, or robot -- has developed. In this talk, I compare the character of body representations in the brain with their robotic counterparts (fixed vs. plastic, amodal vs. modal, explicit vs. implicit, serial vs. parallel, modular vs. holistic, and centralized vs. distributed) and relate that to the differences in performance that we observe. I will discuss which of the features of the ''body in the brain'' should be transferred to robots, giving rise to more adaptive and resilient, self-calibrating machines. Finally, I will introduce the notions of embodiment and morphological computation and critically discuss the possibility that ''the body computes''.


Seminar will start at*16:00*  and will take place at the Institute of Computer Science, the Czech Academy of Sciences (Pod Vodarenskou Vezi 271/2, 11800 Prague) in the*room 318*  (2nd floor). You also can join online through*zoom*  (see link below). Information about our irregular seminars can be found here:http://cobra.cs.cas.cz/seminar

With best regards,
Jaroslav Hlinka

     

Topic: Irregular COBRA seminar

Time: Jan 31, 2023 04:00 PM Prague Bratislava

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Jaroslav Hlinka
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Institute of Computer Science
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