Cognitive Architectures for Robotics

The Brain Emulating Cognition and Control Architecture (BECCA) is a software framework for feature creation, reinforcement learning and action selection, designed for especially robotics, but is also more broadly applicable. It's currently implemented in MATLAB, with a port to Python underway, and has demonstrated some very basic ability to allow simple robotics hardware to learn basic behaviors given a defined goal or task.

This presentation will include some demos of capabilities, a review of the published literature, and an introduction to hacking the code base and creating your own BECCA Agents and Tasks.

Bio: Matt Chapman is the Assistant Organizer for LA Robotics meetup

Parking:

Oversee.net is providing validation for parking at the LA Central Library parking garage at 524 S Flower Street lot across the street for the first 20 attendees to arrive and check-in (first come, first served); it’s literally across the street from the office building. The rate after 4pm is $8 without validation. Also, here is a map of the meters and free spots after 6/7/8pm (please check all signs) - http://g.co/maps/873az
*Note: Do Not Park in the City National Parking parking structure downstairs at 500 S. Flower St. There is no validation provided there and per hour is more expensive than parking at the Library.