Validating biorobotic models

Barbara Webb

doi:10.1088/1741-2560/3/3/R01

Validating biorobotic models

Barbara Webb^*

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Abstract

Some issues in neuroscience can be addressed by building robot models of biological sensorimotor systems. What we can conclude from building models or simulations, however, is determined by a number of factors in addition to the central hypothesis we intend to test. These include the way in which the hypothesis is represented and implemented in simulation, how the simulation output is interpreted, how it is compared to the behaviour of the biological system, and the conditions under which it is tested. These issues will be illustrated by discussing a series of robot models of cricket phonotaxis behaviour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R25-R35
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Neural Engineering
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/3/3/R01
Publication status	Published - Sept 2006

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CRICKET GRYLLUS-BIMACULATUS
SOUND LOCALIZATION
ROBOT PHONOTAXIS
MOBILE ROBOT
NAVIGATION
ORIENTATION
SIMULATION
BEHAVIOR
SYSTEM
BRAIN

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Validating biorobotic models

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