title: A mechatronic platform for behavioral analysis on nonhuman primates.
abstract: In this work we present a new mechatronic platform for measuring behavior of nonhuman primates, allowing high reprogrammability and providing several possibilities of interactions. The platform is the result of a multidisciplinary design process, which has involved bio-engineers, developmental neuroscientists, primatologists, and roboticians to identify its main requirements and specifications. Although such a platform has been designed for the behavioral analysis of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), it can be used for behavioral studies on other nonhuman primates and children. First, a state-of-the-art principal approach used in nonhuman primate behavioral studies is reported. Second, the main advantages of the mechatronic approach are presented. In this section, the platform is described in all its parts and the possibility to use it for studies on learning mechanism based on intrinsic motivation discussed. Third, a pilot study on capuchin monkeys is provided and preliminary data are presented and discussed.
authors: Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy. f.taffoni@unicampus.it
authors: Fabrizio
authors: F
authors: Taffoni
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Vespignani
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Formica
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Cavallo
authors: Eugenia Polizzi
authors: EP
authors: Di Sorrentino
authors: Gloria
authors: G
authors: Sabbatini
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Truppa
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Mirolli
authors: Gianluca
authors: G
authors: Baldassarre
authors: Elisabetta
authors: E
authors: Visalberghi
authors: Flavio
authors: F
authors: Keller
authors: Eugenio
authors: E
authors: Guglielmelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002428:Cebus