ROMI LAB

How the robots could develop their motor intelligence? We have seen a remarkable evolution in robotics such as the Atlas robot performing gymnastics routines. However, despite the progress, these behaviors are typically scripted or generated using domain-specific knowledge. These methods highly rely on static models and human's intuition that limit its application to a broader domain. Furthermore, recent advance in deep learning has shown impressive results, but unfortunately, it builds a narrow intelligence that cannot be transferred to different circumstances. This kind of intelligence is not reliable and cannot be robustly generalized in motor control. Indeed, it is naively approached as a ‘‘universal'' function approximator, and the lack of building abstract concepts affects its generalization... In our group, we focus on creating motor intelligence in legged robots. Our aim is to find computational principles that describe what we call the motor function. Such function should..

Primary location: Edinburgh United Kingdom