MuPNet: Multi-modal Predictive Coding Network for Place Recognition by Unsupervised Learning of Joint Visuo-Tactile Latent Representations

no code implementations • 16 Sep 2019 • Oliver Struckmeier, Kshitij Tiwari, Shirin Dora, Martin J. Pearson, Sander M. Bohte, Cyriel MA Pennartz, Ville Kyrki

Extracting and binding salient information from different sensory modalities to determine common features in the environment is a significant challenge in robotics.

ViTa-SLAM: A Bio-inspired Visuo-Tactile SLAM for Navigation while Interacting with Aliased Environments

no code implementations • 14 Jun 2019 • Oliver Struckmeier, Kshitij Tiwari, Mohammed Salman, Martin J. Pearson, Ville Kyrki

RatSLAM is a rat hippocampus-inspired visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) framework capable of generating semi-metric topological representations of indoor and outdoor environments.

Robotics