Journal
FRONTIERS IN NEUROROBOTICS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2013.00009
Keywords
slow feature analysis; intrinsic motivation systems; norepinephrine; neuromodulation; exploration-exploitation
Funding
- EU [270247]
- SNF [138219]
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Curiosity Driven Modular Incremental Slow Feature Analysis (CD-MISFA; Kortmella et al., 2012a) is a recently introduced model of intrinsically-motivated invariance learning. Artificial curiosity enables the orderly formation of multiple stable sensory representations to simplify the agent's complex sensory input. We discuss computational properties of the CD-MISFA model itself as well as neurophysiological analogs fulfilling similar functional roles. CD-MISFA combines 1. unsupervised representation learning through the slowness principle, 2. generation of an intrinsic reward signal through learning progress of the developing features, and 3. balancing of exploration and exploitation to maximize learning progress and quickly learn multiple feature sets for perceptual simplification. Experimental results on synthetic observations and on the iCub robot show that the intrinsic value system is essential for representation learning. Representations are typically explored and learned in order from least to most costly, as predicted by the theory of curiosity.
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