Tony J. Prescott
The robot vibrissal system: Understanding mammalian sensorimotor co-ordination through biomimetics
Prescott, Tony J.; Mitchinson, Ben; Lepora, Nathan F.; Wilson, Stuart P.; Anderson, Sean R.; Porrill, John; Dean, Paul; Fox, Charles W.; Pearson, Martin J.; Sullivan, J. Charles; Pipe, Anthony G.
Authors
Ben Mitchinson
Nathan F. Lepora
Stuart P. Wilson
Sean R. Anderson
John Porrill
Paul Dean
Charles W. Fox
Martin Pearson Martin.Pearson@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
John Sullivan John.Sullivan@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Tony Pipe Anthony.Pipe@uwe.ac.uk
Professor
Contributors
P Krieger
Editor
A Groh
Editor
Abstract
We consider the problem of sensorimotor co-ordination in mammals through the lens of vibrissal touch, and via the methodology of embodied computational neuroscience—using biomimetic robots to synthesize and investigate models of mammalian brain architecture. The chapter focuses on five major brain sub-systems and their likely role in vibrissal system function—superior colliculus, basal ganglia, somatosensory cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus. With respect to each of these we demonstrate how embodied modelling has helped elucidate their likely function in the brain of awake behaving animals. We also demonstrate how the appropriate co-ordination of these sub-systems, with a model of brain architecture, can give rise to integrated behaviour in a life-like whiskered robot.
Citation
Prescott, T., Mitchinson, B., Lepora, N., Wilson, S., Anderson, S., Porrill, J., …Pipe, A. G. (2015). The robot vibrissal system: Understanding mammalian sensorimotor co-ordination through biomimetics. In A. Groh, & P. Krieger (Eds.), Sensorimotor Integration in the Whisker System, 213-240. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2975-7_10
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2015 |
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Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 213-240 |
Book Title | Sensorimotor Integration in the Whisker System |
ISBN | 9781493929740 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2975-7_10 |
Keywords | sensorimotor co-ordination, biomimetic robot, embodied computational neuroscience, layered architecture |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/844057 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2975-7_10 |
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