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| Type | Conference or Workshop Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Published in Proceedings | Yes |
| Title | On the influence of sensor morphology on vergence |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Page Range | 146 - 155 |
| Event Title | From animals to animats 11 proceedings 11th international conference on simulation of adaptive behavior, lecture notes in computer science, 2010 |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Paris, France |
| Event Start Date | August 25 - 2010 |
| Event End Date | August 28 - 2010 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Abstract Text | In the field of developmental robotics, a lot of attention has been devoted to algorithms that allow agents to build up skills through sensorimotor interaction. Such interaction is largely affected by the agent's morphology, that is, its shape, limb articulation, as well as the position and density of sensors on its body surface. Despite its importance, the impact of morphology on behavior has not been systematically addressed. In this paper, we take inspiration from the human vision system, and demonstrate using a binocular active vision platform why sensor morphology in combination with other properties of the body, are essential conditions to achieve coordinated visual behavior (here, vergence). Specifically, to evaluate the effect of sensor morphology on behavior, we present an information-theoretic analysis quantifying the statistical regularities induced through sensorimotor interaction. Our results show that only for an adequate sensor morphology, vergence increases the amount of information structure in the sensorimotor loop. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1007/978-3-642-15193-4 |
| Other Identification Number | 1594; merlin-id:37 |
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| Additional Information | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |