Title :
Towards Natural Computation: Reactive Control of a Mobile Robot by a Population of Cultured Neurons
Author :
Cozzi, Laura ; D´Angelo, Paolo ; Sanguineti, Vittorio ; Novellino, Antonio ; Martinoia, Sergio ; Berdondini, Luca ; Koudelka-Hep, Milena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics, Syst. & Telematics, Univ. of Genova
Abstract :
Neuro-robotic systems can be used to study the ability to behave in a goal-oriented way in a natural situation. Here we applied this experimental paradigm for exploring the potential of populations of dissociated cultured neurons as model systems to investigate neural computation. Our results suggest that the induction of minimal morphological organization can improve the computational capabilities of the neuronal culture
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; medical robotics; mobile robots; neurophysiology; cultured microelectrode arrays; cultured neurons; mobile robot; natural computation; neuro-robotic system; reactive control; Bidirectional control; Biological neural networks; Brain; Embryo; Informatics; Mobile robots; Neurons; Neuroscience; Robot sensing systems; Telematics;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0040-6
DOI :
10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639142
