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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the research being done in neural network approaches to robotics, outline the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches, and predict future trends in this area.
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This work was supported, in part, by Sandia National Laboratories under contract No. 06-1977, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Horne, B., Jamshidi, M. & Vadiee, N. Neural networks in robotics: A survey. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems 3, 51–66 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368972
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