Motor babbling

Motor babbling is a process of repeatedly performing a random motor command for a short duration. It is a system of robot learning whereby a robotic system can autonomously develop an internal model of its self-body and its environment.

It is a recent methodology with respect to complicated robotic system such as humanoid robots. Motor babbling is one of the methodologies which seek to imitate human-like Cognition and learning in robotic systems.

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