Neuronal Group Selection Theory: A Grounding in Robotics

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss a current attempt at applying the organi(cid:173) zational principle Edelman calls Neuronal Group Selection to the control of a real, two-link robotic manipulator. We begin by moti(cid:173) vating the need for an alternative to the position-control paradigm of classical robotics, and suggest that a possible avenue is to look at the primitive animal limb 'neurologically ballistic' control mode. We have been considering a selectionist approach to coordinating a simple perception-action task.

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Text

Donnett and Smithers. "Neuronal Group Selection Theory: A Grounding in Robotics." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1989.

Markdown

[Donnett and Smithers. "Neuronal Group Selection Theory: A Grounding in Robotics." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1989.](https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1989/donnett1989neurips-neuronal/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{donnett1989neurips-neuronal,
  title     = {{Neuronal Group Selection Theory: A Grounding in Robotics}},
  author    = {Donnett, Jim and Smithers, Tim},
  booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems},
  year      = {1989},
  pages     = {308-315},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1989/donnett1989neurips-neuronal/}
}