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Active object learning: developmental perspective
This video shows some of the the elementary action and perception modules, and some preliminary experiments towards active learning of objects and discovery of affordances.
Reference:
S. Ivaldi, S.M. Nguyen, N. Lyubova, A. Droniou, V. Padois, D. Filliat, P.-Y. Oudeyer, O. Sigaud (2013) "Object learning through active exploration." IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development. Pages 1-18. Accepted. (PDF)
S. Ivaldi, N. Lyubova, D. Gérardeaux-Viret, A. Droniou, S. M. Anzalone, M. Chetouani, D. Filliat, and O. Sigaud, "Perception and human interaction for developmental learning of objects and affordances", in Proc. IEEE-RAS Int. Conf. on Humanoid Robots - HUMANOIDS, 2012. (pdf)
Software for the experiments: code (svn repository)
Instructions for reproducing the experiments: online documentation