title: Application of hierarchical dissociated neural network in closed-loop hybrid system integrating biological and mechanical intelligence.
abstract: Neural networks are considered the origin of intelligence in organisms. In this paper, a new design of an intelligent system merging biological intelligence with artificial intelligence was created. It was based on a neural controller bidirectionally connected to an actual mobile robot to implement a novel vehicle. Two types of experimental preparations were utilized as the neural controller including 'random' and '4Q' (cultured neurons artificially divided into four interconnected parts) neural network. Compared to the random cultures, the '4Q' cultures presented absolutely different activities, and the robot controlled by the '4Q' network presented better capabilities in search tasks. Our results showed that neural cultures could be successfully employed to control an artificial agent; the robot performed better and better with the stimulus because of the short-term plasticity. A new framework is provided to investigate the bidirectional biological-artificial interface and develop new strategies for a future intelligent system using these simplified model systems.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yongcheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuechao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D018511:Systems Integration