Title :
Introducing Neuromodulation to a Braitenberg Vehicle
Author :
French, Richard L B ; Canamero, Lola
Author_Institution :
Adaptive Systems Research Group School of Computer Science University of Hertfordshire College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB, UK; rlbf@zepler.org
Abstract :
Artificial neural networks are often used as the control systems for mobile robots. However, although these models usually claim inspiration from biology, they often lack an analogue of the biological phenomenon called neuromodulation. In this paper, we describe our initial work exploring a simple model of neuromodulation, used to provide a mobile robot with foraging behaviour.
Keywords :
Mobile robots; action selection; foraging; neural robot controllers; neuromodulation; Artificial neural networks; Conductivity; Control systems; Energy states; Microswitches; Mobile robots; Neurons; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot sensing systems; Testing; Mobile robots; action selection; foraging; neural robot controllers; neuromodulation;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2005. ICRA 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8914-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570763
