AUTHOR=Guerrero-Criollo Roberto Jose , Castaño-López Jason Alejandro , Hurtado-López Julián , Ramirez-Moreno David Fernando 

TITLE=Bio-inspired neural networks for decision-making mechanisms and neuromodulation for motor control in a differential robot

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurorobotics

VOLUME=Volume 17 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurorobotics/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1078074

DOI=10.3389/fnbot.2023.1078074

ISSN=1662-5218

ABSTRACT=The purpose of this work is to modulate the motor control of an automaton in exploration behaviors. In order to achieve this purpose, we propose a bio-inspired neural network with neuromodulation for motor control. In this work, we have adapted and applied cortical synaptic circuits, such as short-term memory circuits, competitive neural networks class winner-take-all (WTA), modulation neural networks and non-linear oscillation circuits, to make the automaton capable to avoid obstacles and exploring simulated and real environments. The performance achieved by using a biologically inspired neural network to solve the task in question is similar to several works mentioned in the specialized literature. Additionally, this work contributed to the bridge between computational neuroscience and robotics fields.