Receptor Response and Soma Leakiness in a Simulated Spiking Neural Controller for a Robot

David Bowes, Rod Adams, Lola Cañamero, Volker Steuber, Neil Davey

2008

Abstract

This paper investigates different models of leakiness for the soma of a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot exhibiting negative photo-taxis. It also investigates two models of receptor response to stimulus levels. The results show that exponential decay of ions across the soma and of a receptor response function where intensity is proportional to intensity is the best combination for dark seeking behavior.

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Bowes D., Adams R., Cañamero L., Steuber V. and Davey N. (2008). Receptor Response and Soma Leakiness in a Simulated Spiking Neural Controller for a Robot . In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-33-3, pages 100-106. DOI: 10.5220/0001509001000106


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@conference{anniip08,
author={David Bowes and Rod Adams and Lola Cañamero and Volker Steuber and Neil Davey},
title={Receptor Response and Soma Leakiness in a Simulated Spiking Neural Controller for a Robot},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={100-106},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001509001000106},
isbn={978-989-8111-33-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2008)
TI - Receptor Response and Soma Leakiness in a Simulated Spiking Neural Controller for a Robot
SN - 978-989-8111-33-3
AU - Bowes D.
AU - Adams R.
AU - Cañamero L.
AU - Steuber V.
AU - Davey N.
PY - 2008
SP - 100
EP - 106
DO - 10.5220/0001509001000106