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Joseph
Ayers
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Research
Areas:
Neurophysiology and Behavior
Biomimetics
Email: lobster@neu.edu
Phone:
781.581.7370
Fax: 781.581.6076
Location:
Marine Science Center
Mail: NU/Marine Science Center
430 Nahant
Road
Nahant, MA
01908
Research Description
My research focuses
on the neuroethology of motor systems in invertebrates and lower vertebrates.
A developmental approach is directed toward establishing the adaptive
mechanisms of simple action patterns and goal oriented behavior. In particular
we are investigating the detailed kinematics of walking, navigation
and investigation and the adaptation of lobsters to current and surge
as well as the neuroethology of lamprey swimming and tactile sensing by jellyfish. The overall goal
of these projects is to develop biologically-based controllers for ambulatory
lobster-based and undulatory lamprey-based robots. Currently we are focusing
on developing electronic nervous systems for our robots based on chaotic
electronic neurons. This neurotechnology will allow the generation of
robots that can behave autonomously in unpredictible underwater environments.
Lectures
IDEAS Boston 2008
Press
Science: Biologists and Engineers Create a New Generation of Robots That Imitate Life
Science: Making a Robot Lobster Dance
New York Times
RoboLobster At the Smithsonian
Science Fashion
Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots
Biomechanisms of Swimming and Flying
Dr. Ayers Cooks with Cognac
The C Around Nahant
Selected Publications
Lee, Y. J., J. Lee., Y.B. Kim, J. Ayers , A. Volkovskii , A. Selverston , H. Abarbanel , M. Rabinovich (2004). "Low Power Real Time Electronic Neuron VLSI Design Using Subthreshold Techniques,." IEEE Circuits and Systems 4: 744-747.
Ayers, J. (2004) Underwater Walking. Arthropod Structure and Development 33, 347-360.
Selverston, A. I., Rabinovich, M. I., Huerta, R., Novotny, T., Levi, R., Arshavsky, Y., Volkovskii, A., Ayers, J. & Pinto, R. (2005) Biomimetic Central Pattern Generators for Robotics and Prosthetics. In ROBIO2004, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 1: 885 - 888. Shenyang, China.
Ayers, J., N. Rulkov, et al. (2006). Electronic Neurons: From Biomimetic Robots to Blast Neurorehabilitation. Proc. 7th International Conference on Technology and the Mine Problem, Monterey, CA.
Selverston, A. & Ayers, J. (2006) Oscillations and Oscillatory Behavior in Small Neural Circuits. Biological Cybernetics 95:537–554
Ayers, J. and Witting, J. (2007) Biomimetic Approaches to the Control of Underwater Walking Machines. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A, 365, 273–295
Ayers, J. Rulkov, N., Taub, E. Kim, Y., Knudsen, Selverston, A. &
Uswatte, G. (2006) Electronic Neurons: From Biomimetic Robots to
Blast Neurorehabilitation. Proc. 7th International Conference on
Technology and the Mine Problem, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
CA. 10 pp.
Ayers, J. , A. Volkovski, N. Rukov, A. Selverston, & H.D.I.
Abarbanel, M. R. 2003 Building a Brain for the Lobster Robot Using
Electronic Neurons. In International Conference on Non-Linear Wave
Physics, 3 pp. Nizhny-Novgorad, Russia.
Ayers, J. (2002) A Conservative Biomimetic Control Architecture for
Autonomous Underwater Robots. In: Neurotechnology for Biomimetic
Robots,. Ayers, J., J. Davis and A. Rudolph [eds]. MIT Press, pp.
241-259
Ayers, J. (2001) Building a Robotic Lobster. In Artificial Ethology,
D. MacFarland and O. Holland [eds]. pp. 139-155
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