Revisiting the XOR problem: a neurorobotic implementation

Autor: Frédéric Thériault, André Cyr, Sylvain Chartier
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Neural Computing and Applications. 32:9965-9973
ISSN: 1433-3058
0941-0643
Popis: The exclusive-or (XOR) classification task still represents a challenge in the study of cognition since the precise neural circuit sustaining the general ability to learn nonlinear problems remains to be discovered in natural organisms. As such, this paper focuses on a neurorobotic application embedding a specific spiking neural network built to solve these types of tasks. This experiment proposes a 2-bit task (XOR) with visual compound binary images acting as inputs and a left/right action for the output. The robot learns to solve it in both virtual and real environments from an operant conditioning procedure. Furthermore, the robot also adapts its behavior from learning all other simpler associative rules, even when switching them at runtime. Finally, this study explores the impact on the neural architecture, when passing from a 2-bit to a 3-bit task.
Databáze: OpenAIRE