Lecture

Introduction: Neurobotics

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This lecture introduces the concept of Neurobotics, which combines neuroscience, robotics, and artificial intelligence to study embodied autonomous neural systems. The instructor explains the types of learning involved, such as unsupervised learning for sensory representations and reward-based reinforcement learning for actions and behaviors. Simple examples from Valentino Breitenberg's book 'Vehicles' are used to illustrate how behaviors emerge in neurobotic systems.

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