The role of lateral inhibition in the sensory processing in a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot

Bowes, D. and Adams, R. and Cãnamero, L. and Steuber, V. and Davey, N. (2009) The role of lateral inhibition in the sensory processing in a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot. In: 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, ALIFE 2009 - Proceedings. IEEE, pp. 179-183. ISBN 9781424427635

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Abstract

Visual adaptation is the process that allows animals to be able to see over a wide range of light levels. This is achieved partially by lateral inhibition in the retina which compensates for low/high light levels. Neural controllers which cause robots to turn away from or towards light tend to work in a limited range of light conditions. In real environments, the light conditions can vary greatly reducing the effectiveness of the robot. Our solution for a simple Braitenberg vehicle is to add a single inhibitory neuron which laterally inhibits the output to the robot motors. This solution has additionally reduced the computational complexity of our simple neuron allowing for a greater number of neurons to be simulated with a fixed set of resources.

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