BrainBo: Cognitive robotics equipped with BrainCog

BrainBo

BrainBo is a series of cognitive robotics equipped with BrainCog (the Brain-inspired Cognitive Intelligence Engine). They are with the cognitive functions of multi-modal sensation and perception (vision, audition, touch, etc.), language, prediction, reasoning, planning, decision making, etc. Whenever a Brainbo is performing a cognitive task, multiple regions of the BrainCog architecture in Brainbo are coordinating with each other to fulfill the task.

How smart is BrainBo now: [ Links to BrainBo videos ]

BrainBo can learn, memorize, and compose Melodies [2021.2.22].

BrainBo can challenge the false belief task for theory of mind, that means BrainBo had a step forward robot Cognitive Empathy [2020.7.27].

BrainBo can challenge the mirror test for self-recognition, that is the foundation for robot self-consciousness [2016 and 2018].

A real Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with BrainCog is released. It can automatically learn how to aviod obstacles by using a brain-inspired decision making model [2016.7.18]

Simulated version of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with BrainCog can automatically learn to aviod static and moving obstacles. [2015.7.6]

BrainBo can interact with human and learn basic behaviors through reinforcement learning [2015.1.5].

BrainBo can recognize various objects from interactions with the environment [2014.11.10].

BrainBo can perform inductive reasoning task with his/her BrainCog [2014. 10.21].

BrainBo got its first version of the BrainCog, and the brain regions are based on Broadmann areas [2014.10.10].

BrainBo Contributors

Principal Investigator: Yi Zeng

Participants: Enmeng Lu, Yuxuan Zhao, Qian Liang, Feifei Zhao, Ruixiang Wu, Xuan Tang.

Alumni: Guixiang Wang, Ruihan Pan, Guang Qiao, Xiaomei Kang, Tielin Zhang, Weida Bi, Jun Bai.

Acknowledgement

The robots used in BrainBo are iCub, NAO, and DJI, etc . The work on BrainBo focus on developing a brain-inspired cognitive computation model and apply them to different robotics (humanoid robots, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), etc.) to perform various cognitive behaviors.