THE DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE NEURAL NETWORKS (DISTAL) OF THE HUMANOID ROBOT MYON

Manfred Hild, Christian Thiele, Christian Benckendorff

2011

Abstract

Humanoid robots are complex systems that require considerable processing power. This applies both for low-level sensorimotor loops, as well as for image processing and higher level deliberative algorithms. We present the distributed architecture DISTAL which is able to provide the processing power of large neural networks without relying on a central processor. The architecture successfully copes with runtime-metamorphoses of modular robots, such as the humanoid robot MYON, the body parts of which can be detached and reattached during runtime. We detail the implementation of DISTAL on 32-bit ARM RISC processors, describe the underlying neural byte-code (NBC) of neurons and synapses, and also depict the graphical application software BRAINDESIGNER which releases the user from program coding.

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Hild M., Thiele C. and Benckendorff C. (2011). THE DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE NEURAL NETWORKS (DISTAL) OF THE HUMANOID ROBOT MYON . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-84-3, pages 260-266. DOI: 10.5220/0003683602600266

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ncta11,
author={Manfred Hild and Christian Thiele and Christian Benckendorff},
title={THE DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE NEURAL NETWORKS (DISTAL) OF THE HUMANOID ROBOT MYON},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={260-266},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003683602600266},
isbn={978-989-8425-84-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2011)
TI - THE DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE NEURAL NETWORKS (DISTAL) OF THE HUMANOID ROBOT MYON
SN - 978-989-8425-84-3
AU - Hild M.
AU - Thiele C.
AU - Benckendorff C.
PY - 2011
SP - 260
EP - 266
DO - 10.5220/0003683602600266