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This paper presents some ongoing issues concerning ATR’s Artificial Brain (CAM-Brain) Project. The CAM-Brain Project evolves 3D cellular automata (CA) based neural networks directly in FPGA electronics at electronic speeds in special hardware called a CAM-Brain Machine (CBM). The CBM updates the CA cells at a rate of 150 Billion a second, and can perform a full run of a genetic algorithm (GA) in about 1 second. 32K of these evolved circuits (modules) are then assembled (in a large HAM space updated in real-time by the CBM) into humanly defined architectures to make an artificial brain to control a robot kitten (“Robokoneko”). The paper presents and discusses the latest design decisions for the CBM and the kitten robot, and maps out future plans aimed at having an artificial-brain-controlled robot kitten playing in the ATR, labs by early 2001. A world wide, many membered, internet-videophone and electronic pen based, brain-architectural design and brainstorming group will be essential for distributing the design and evolution of the 32K modules. Designing and building an artificial brain within the next three years will be a major conceptual and managerial challenge.
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Korkin, M., de Garis, H., Nawa, N.E., Rieken, W.D. (1999). ATR’s Artificial Brain Project: CAM-Brain Machine (CBM) and Robot Kitten (Robokoneko) Issues. In: Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6384-9_19
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