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Moualla A., Boucenna S., Karaouzene A., Vidal Denis, Gaussier P. (2018). Is it useful for a robot to visit a museum ? The impact of cumulative learning on a robot population. Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 9 (1), p. 374-390. ISSN 2080-9778.

Titre du document
Is it useful for a robot to visit a museum ? The impact of cumulative learning on a robot population
Année de publication
2018
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Moualla A., Boucenna S., Karaouzene A., Vidal Denis, Gaussier P.
Source
Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 2018, 9 (1), p. 374-390 ISSN 2080-9778
In this work, we study how learning in a special environment such as a museum can influence the behavior of robots. More specifically, we show that online learning based on interaction with people at a museum leads the robots to develop individual preferences. We first developed a humanoid robot (Berenson) that has the ability to head toward its preferred object and to make a facial expression that corresponds to its attitude toward said object. The robot is programmed with a biologically-inspired neural network sensory-motor architecture. This architecture allows Berenson to learn and to evaluate objects. During experiments, museum visitors’ emotional responses to artworks were recorded and used to build a database for training. A similar database was created in the laboratory with laboratory objects. We use those databases to train two simulated populations of robots. Each simulated robot emulates the Berenson sensory-motor architecture. Firstly, the results show the good performance of our architecture in artwork recognition in the museum. Secondly, they demonstrate the effect of training variability on preference diversity. The response of the two populations in a new unknown environment is different; the museum population of robots shows a greater variance in preferences than the population of robots that have been trained only on laboratory objects. The obtained diversity increases the chances of success in an unknown environment and could favor an accidental discovery.
Plan de classement
Politiques culturelles et activités artistiques [112CULTU] ; Intelligence artificielle [122INTAR]
Descripteurs
ANTHROPOLOGIE CULTURELLE ; ROBOTIQUE ; MUSEE ; ESTHETIQUE ; INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE ; RECONNAISSANCE DE FORME ; RESEAU NEURONAL
Description Géographique
FRANCE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010076259]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010076259
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