i imagined that something like OpenBECCA http://openbecca.org could be integrated with NuPIC for a motor control system
https://github.com/brohrer/becca<https://github.com/brohrer/becca/blob/master/doc/becca_0.4.5_users_guide.pdf> https://github.com/brohrer/becca/blob/master/doc/becca_0.4.5_users_guide.pdf from the opposite direction: part of BECCA's perceptual components may be enhanced (or replaced) with NuPIC https://github.com/brohrer/becca/blob/master/core/agent.py On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Thompson, Jeff <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you for the quick reply. I'm in Los Angeles, so I hope someone > does record your presentation at NASA. > > A similar question arose when I read "Thinking, predicting, and doing > are all part of the same unfolding of sequences moving down the cortical > hierarchy." (On Intelligence, p. 158.) I'm sure this is a FAQ, but do you > have some writings or presentations about how a CLA would receive feedback > signals coming down the hierarchy? > > Thank you, > - Jeff > > > From: Jeff Hawkins <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "NuPIC general mailing list." <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:35 AM > To: "'NuPIC general mailing list.'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [nupic-dev] Mentioned presentation on action with CLA? > > Jeff,**** > > I wrote this presentation a couple years ago for a workshop on sensory > motor integration. That workshop was held at the Santa Fe institute and I > don’t believe it was recorded. The genesis of the workshop was a paper > written by Murray Sherman and Raymond Guillery where they point out that > every region of the neocortex (as far as they have looked) has cells in > layer 5 that have a motor function. The big idea is that every region of > neocortex does sensory inference and generates behavior. There are no pure > “sensory” regions and no pure “motor” regions. It is one of those > beautiful results that make you slap your head and say “of course!”**** > > ** ** > > I have always envisioned the CLA as modeling a section layer 3 in a region > of the neocortex. Layer 3 is the primary input layer and is therefore > doing inference on the input to that cortical region. Layer 5 is driven by > layer 3 and has the cells that innervate muscles, or more often project to > some sub-cortical area that generates behavior. I see how two CLAs, one > for layer 3 and the other for layer 5 can work together to learn a sensory > motor model of the world where today’s CLA is purely sensory. There is a > lot I don’t understand but there is enough that I think we can make > progress. **** > > ** ** > > I gave this presentation again earlier this year at Numenta. It wasn’t > recorded. It looks like I might give it again this fall at NASA Ames here > in Silicon Valley as there are a few roboticists there interested in it.** > ** > > ** ** > > I don’t mind recording it if someone could take care of the logistics.**** > > Jeff **** > > ** ** > > *From:* nupic > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Thompson, Jeff > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 4:57 PM > *To:* NuPIC general mailing list. > *Subject:* [nupic-dev] Mentioned presentation on action with CLA?**** > > ** ** > > Hello. **** > > **** > > In the introduction for the NuPIC Hackathon Kickoff, Jeff Hawkins talks > briefly about the need for CLA integration with action. In response to a > question, he says "We haven't done experiments with motor interaction. I > have a presentation, I think about it." Is the presentation about motor > interaction with CLA available?**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yShNQvJEP6A&t=2188 > **** > > **** > > Thank you,**** > > - Jeff Thompson **** > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > >
_______________________________________________ nupic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org
