Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Adaptive Behavior
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Wyeth, G.
Right arrow Articles by Browning, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Cognitive Models of Spatial Navigation from a Robot Builder's Perspective

Gordon Wyeth

University of Queensland

Brett Browning

University of Queensland

Complete physically embodied agents present a powerful medium for the investigation of cognitive models for spatial navigation. This article presents a maze-solving robot, called a micromouse, that parallels many of the behaviors found in its biological counterpart, the rat. A cognitive model of the robot is presented, and its limits are investigated. Limits are found to exist with respect to biological plausibility and robot applicability. It is proposed that the fundamental representations used to store and process information are the limiting factor. A review of the literature of current cognitive models reveals a lack of models suitable for implementation in real agents and proposes that available models fail as they have not been developed with real agents in mind. A solution to this conundrum is proposed in a list of guidelines for the development of future spatial models.

Key Words: cognitive model • spatial navigation • representation • schema; motivation

Adaptive Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 3-4, 509-534 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/105971239800600307
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?