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EPSRC Reference: GR/K18986/01
Title: NEURAL NETWORK LEARNING FOR COORDINATED ROBOTIC CONTROL
Principal Investigator: Sharkey, Professor N
Other Investigators:
Manson, Dr G Zalzala, Dr A
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Department: Computer Science
Organisation: University of Sheffield
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 December 1994 Ends: 28 February 1997 Value (£): 109,923
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To employ a variety of neural network architectures and learning techniques, on transputer hardware, to implement a goal-directed robot equipped with an arm, that will search, find and retrieve target objects in real-time.To further develop a general theory of neural network applications.To elucidate principles for the exploitation of neural network technology to the problem of coordinating interacting parallel modules.To challenge neural network technology in a complex domain.
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