Behavior Selection Mechanism of Two Typical Brain Movement Disorders: Comparative Study Using Robot

Parkinson´s disease and Huntington´s disease are two typical brain movement disorders, both of which have been studied extensively for decades. Dysfunctions in the basal ganglia-a group of sub cortex nuclei in vertebrate brains-are generally considered to account for these two diseases. But what will happen if a robot gets Parkinson´s disease or Huntington´s disease? Based on the concepts in behavior based robotics, this paper studied the behavior patterns of a real robot when it suffers such two diseases. The experiment results showed that the sick robot exhibited some symptoms of Parkinson´s disease or Huntington´s disease to some extent. This study made explorations to mimic high level brain functions and casted light on designing more intelligent behavior selection methods in the future.