title: Robots in invertebrate neuroscience.
abstract: Can we now build artificial animals? A combination of robot technology and neuroethological knowledge is enabling the development of realistic physical models of biological systems. And such systems are not only of interest to engineers. By exploring identified neural control circuits in the appropriate functional and environmental context, new insights are also provided to biologists.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK. b.h.webb@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006135:Gryllidae / Q000502:physiology; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*