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C. elegans robots
http://tom.portegys.com/research.html#c_elegans_robot
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1.1: Backwards motion #2

Open mstachowsky opened 6 years ago

mstachowsky commented 6 years ago

The robot/simulator should be able to move backwards as well as forwards. We should be able to easily switch between backward/forward motion. Backward and forward motion should be not able to occur at the same time.

mstachowsky commented 6 years ago

I've found a paper that extends the current simulation we are using here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.05359 I've started integrating their code into ours just for testing purposes. I have successfully gotten the simulator to move the worm backwards. Next steps are to integrate this code in an intelligent and well-organized way, since right now it's a major hack

mstachowsky commented 6 years ago

This is nearing completion. The inhibition of motion (backward and forward cannot be initiated at the same time) remains. However, that's a problem for the command neurons, not the motor programs.