A Robot Has Learned to Combine Vision and Touch - Neuroscience News

Summary: Combining deep learning algorithms with robotic engineering, researchers have developed a new robot able to combine vision and touch. On the new EBRAINS research infrastructure, scientists of the Human Brain Project have connected brain-inspired deep learning to biomimetic robots. How the brain lets us perceive and navigate the world is one of the most fascinating aspects of cognition. When orienting ourselves, we constantly combine information from all six senses in a seemingly effortless way–a feature that even the most advanced AI systems struggle to replicate. On the new EBRAINS research infrastructure, cognitive neuroscientists, computational modelers, and roboticists are now working together to shed new light on the neural mechanisms behind this, by creating robots whose internal workings mimic the brain.