Multimodal Integration of Visual Place Cells and Grid Cells for Navigation Tasks of a Real Robot

In the present study, we propose a model of multimodal place cells merging visual and proprioceptive primitives. First we will briefly present our previous sensory-motor architecture, highlighting limitations of a visual-only based system. Then we will introduce a new model of proprioceptive localization, giving rise to the so-called grid cells, wich are congruent with neurobiological studies made on rodent.

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