Andrew Adamatzky Andrew.Adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk
Professor
On exploration of geometrically constrained space by medicinal leeches Hirudo verbana
Adamatzky, Andrew
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Abstract
© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Leeches are fascinating creatures: they have simple modular nervous circuitry yet exhibit a rich spectrum of behavioural modes. Leeches could be ideal blue-prints for designing flexible soft robots which are modular, multi-functional, fault-tolerant, easy to control, capable for navigating using optical, mechanical and chemical sensorial inputs, have autonomous inter-segmental coordination and adaptive decision-making. With future designs of leech-robots in mind we study how leeches behave in geometrically constrained spaces. Core results of the paper deal with leeches exploring a row of rooms arranged along a narrow corridor. In laboratory experiments we find that rooms closer to ends of the corridor are explored by leeches more often than rooms in the middle of the corridor. Also, in series of scoping experiments, we evaluate leeches capabilities to navigating in mazes towards sources of vibration and chemo-attraction. We believe our results lay foundation for future developments of robots mimicking behaviour of leeches.
Citation
Adamatzky, A. (2015). On exploration of geometrically constrained space by medicinal leeches Hirudo verbana. BioSystems, 130, 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2015.02.005
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Apr 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Sep 25, 2015 |
Journal | BioSystems |
Print ISSN | 0303-2647 |
Electronic ISSN | 1872-8324 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 130 |
Pages | 28-36 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2015.02.005 |
Keywords | medicinal leech, space exploration, maze navigation, bio-robotics |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/840482 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2015.02.005 |
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