Evolving Central Pattern Generators with Varying Number of Neurons

Experimental observation of multistability and dynamic attractors in silicon central pattern generators.

We report on the multistability of chaotic networks of silicon neurons and demonstrate how spatiotemporal sequences of voltage oscillations are selected with timed current stimuli. A three neuron central pattern generator was built by interconnecting Hodgkin-Huxley neurons with mutually inhibitory links mimicking gap junctions. By systematically varying the timing of current stimuli applied to ...

Dynamics, Stability Analysis and Control of a Mammal-Like Octopod Robot Driven by Different Central Pattern Generators

In this paper, we studied numerically both kinematic and dynamic models of a biologically inspired mammal-like octopod robot walking with a tetrapod gait. Three different nonlinear oscillators were used to drive the robot’s legs working as central pattern generators. In addition, also a new, relatively simple and efficient model was proposed and investigated. The introduced model of the gait ge...

Phase Response in Networks of Bursting Neurons: Modeling Central Pattern Generators

Phase resetting and phase locking in hybrid circuits of one model and one biological neuron.

To determine why elements of central pattern generators phase lock in a particular pattern under some conditions but not others, we tested a theoretical pattern prediction method. The method is based on the tabulated open loop pulsatile interactions of bursting neurons on a cycle-by-cycle basis and was tested in closed loop hybrid circuits composed of one bursting biological neuron and one burs...

Individual Connection Control in Central Pattern Generator for Music

The central pattern generators constructed from oscillating motor neurons are common biological phenomena. Central pattern generators are able to generate large number of different patterns, ranging from small periodic patterns to chaotic ones [Matsuoka, 1987]. Earlier the simulated oscillating neural systems have been used in rhythm perception research [Ohya, 1994] and musical pattern generati...