A Bio-realistic Synthetic Hippocampus for Robotic Cognition

Current robotic systems struggle with adaptive generalisation beyond curated training domains. Inspired by hippocampal dynamics in biological cognition, we introduce a synthetic memory architecture that segregates online sensorimotor interaction from offline consolidation and generative replay. Impl...

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Autores: Vallverdú, Jordi|||0000-0001-9975-7780, Feinstein, Xenia|||0009-0003-8832-5933, Robertson, Paul|||0000-0002-4477-0379, Kipelkin, Ivan|||0000-0002-6647-3316, Talanov, Max|||0000-0002-6727-0983
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:321813
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321813
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s12668-025-02229-2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sleep
Hippocampus
Robotic
Spiking neural networks
Memristive device
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Sumario:Current robotic systems struggle with adaptive generalisation beyond curated training domains. Inspired by hippocampal dynamics in biological cognition, we introduce a synthetic memory architecture that segregates online sensorimotor interaction from offline consolidation and generative replay. Implemented via spiking neural networks and neuromorphic substrates, our framework enables bidirectional memory traversal, goal-prioritised plasticity updates, and energy-efficient policy synthesis. This dual-state system bridges real-time control with autonomous learning, advancing a biologically grounded pathway toward resilient, context-adaptive robotic intelligence.