Lab Meeting May 11 (Nicole): Active Audition Using the Parameter-less Self-organising Map (Auton Robot 2008)

Title: Active Audition Using the Parameter-less Self-organising Map
Authors: Erik Berglund · Joaquin Sitte · Gordon Wyeth

Autonomous Robots Volume 24, Number 4, 2008/5

Abstract:
This paper presents a novel method for enabling a robot to determine the position of a sound source in three dimensions using just two microphones and interaction with its environment. The method uses the Parameter-Less Self-Organising Map (PLSOM) algorithm and Reinforcement Learning (RL) to achieve rapid, accurate response. We also introduce a method for directional filtering using the PLSOM. The presented system is compared to a similar system to evaluate its performance.

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