Robotic Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) Working Memory Toolkit (WMtk)

Thanks for considering the WMtk for providing your robots/agents with working memory!

Download current version: wmtk-1.0.5.tar.gz

If you use this code for any purpose, please give credit by referencing the following papers (these are available for download from the Publications section of this website as well):

Phillips, J. L., and Noelle, D. C. (2006). Working memory for robots: inspirations from computational neuroscience. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Development and Learning, Bloomington, IN. [PDF]

Phillips, J. L., and Noelle, D. C. (2005). A biologically inspired working memory framework for robots. In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Nashville, TN. doi: 10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513845

General Information

The WMtk is Open Source software licenced under the GNU GPL, and is provided AS-IS, with absolutely NO warranty.

If you want to distribute a modified version or use part of WMtk in your own program, remember that the entire modified code must be licensed under GPL, and that it must clearly be labeled as derived work. It should not use the name “WMtk”, and make sure support questions are directed to you instead of the WMtk developers.

The WMtk is a software library designed to facilitate the creation and training of robotic working memory systems inspired by the architecture and function of the human prefrontal cortex and mesolimbic dopamine system. The relevant documentation is available in the docs/ directory within the source tarball. While the code is fully functioning and the documentation fairly complete, the toolkit is still a work in progress, so substantial changes may arise in future versions.