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Joseph
Ayers Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz Research
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Email: lobster@neu.edu Phone:
781.581.7370 Location:
Marine Science Center |
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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. 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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