There are some debates that split the world down the middle. elegans, connectome, neural network, neurons, roundworm, simulation This isnвЂ™t the first time someone has modeled the nematodeвЂ™sВ connectome in silico, but kudos to for accomplishing it within the constraints an Arduino presents.Д¬ontinue reading вЂњNematoduino: A Roundworm Neural Model On An ArduinoвЂќ в†’ Posted in Arduino Hacks, Misc Hacks Tagged arduino, C. The model is up on GitHub and hopes it provides an approachable platform for would-be neuroroboticists. An ultrasonic sensor stands in for the вЂњnose touchвЂќ neurons of the real worm, and when the model is not busy avoiding a touch, itвЂ™s actively seeking something to eat using the вЂњchemotaxisвЂќ behavior. Riding atop a small robot chassis, the Arduino sends signals to the motors when the model determines itвЂ™s time to fire the virtual wormвЂ™s muscles. elegans, is an important model organism for neurobiology, having had its entire nervous system mappedВ in 2012.В used this вЂњconnectomeвЂќ to simulate a subset of the diminutive nematodeвЂ™s behaviors, specifically movements toward attractants and away from obstacles. It may be the most important non-segmented worm youвЂ™ve never heard of, but Caenorhabditis elegans, mercifully abbreviated C. But when your goal is to model the behavior of an organism with only a handful of neurons, the constraints presented by an Arduino start to makeВ sense. When it comes to building a neural network to simulate complex behavior, Arduino isnвЂ™t exactly the first platform that springs to mind.

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