RatSLAM: a hippocampal model for simultaneous localization and mapping

@article{Milford2004RatSLAMAH,
  title={RatSLAM: a hippocampal model for simultaneous localization and mapping},
  author={Michael Milford and Gordon Wyeth and David Prasser},
  journal={IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004},
  year={2004},
  volume={1},
  pages={403-408 Vol.1}
}
The work presents a new approach to the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping - SLAM - inspired by computational models of the hippocampus of rodents. [] Key Method It uses a competitive attractor network to integrate odometric information with landmark sensing to form a consistent representation of the environment. Experimental results show that RatSLAM can operate with ambiguous landmark information and recover from both minor and major path integration errors.
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