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 ****
>
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