The hippocampal place cells and fingerprints of places: Spatial representation animals, animats and robots

Adriana Tapus, Francesco Battaglia, Roland Siegwart

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Abstract

In this paper we address the problem of autonomous navigation seen from the neuroscience and the robotics point of view. A new topological mapping system is presented. It combines local features (i.e. visual and distance cues) in a unique structure - the "fingerprint of a place" - that results in a consistent, compact and distinctive representation. Overall, the results suggest that a process of fingerprint matching can efficiently determine the orientation, the location within the environment, and the construction of the map, and may play a role in the emerging of spatial representations in the hippocampus.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IAS 2006
Pages104-113
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, IAS 2006 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 7 Mar 20069 Mar 2006

Publication series

NameIntelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IAS 2006

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, IAS 2006
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period7/03/069/03/06

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