基于时间干扰的家鸽机器人转向行为调控

Steering Behavior Control Based on Temporal Interference for Pigeon Robot

  • 摘要: 动物机器人运动行为调控中广泛使用植入式电极刺激,该方法在电极植入和行为调控刺激阶段易造成脑组织损伤。本文利用时间干扰(TI)刺激方法(一种可聚焦到深部脑区的非侵入式神经调控方法),通过在颅骨固定电极,开展了对家鸽机器人的转向行为调控研究。首先,基于构建的鸽脑物理模型进行仿真测试,分析电场分布情况,并确定电极排列位置及刺激强度大小;然后,通过行为学实验进一步验证该刺激方法对家鸽机器人行为调控的有效性;最后,通过c-Fos免疫组化方法确定该刺激在脑内部聚焦情况。研究表明,TI刺激有效刺激深度达到7.5 mm,能够有效刺激到控制家鸽行为的腹前背中核(DIVA),完成对家鸽机器人的行为调控。本文方法不但避免了电极植入手术对家鸽脑部的损伤,而且基于该刺激深度可以对鸽脑内部绝大部分核团施加电刺激,验证了TI刺激应用于家鸽机器人行为调控的可行性,为动物机器人提供了一种非侵入式刺激方式。

     

    Abstract: Implantable electrode stimulation is widely used to regulate animal robots' movement behavior, yet poses risks of brain tissue damage during both electrode implantation and stimulation phases. With electrodes implanted into the skull bone, the steering behavior regulation in pigeon robots is investigated by the temporal interference (TI) stimulation method, a non-invasive neural regulation method capable of deep brain targeting. Firstly, a pigeon brain physical model is constructed for simulation test to analyze the electric field distribution, through which the electrode arrangement position and stimulation intensity are determined. Then, the effectiveness of this stimulation method in regulating the behavior of pigeon robots is further verified through behavioral experiments. Finally, the c-Fos immunohistochemistry method is used to determine the focus of the stimulus within the brain. Research shows that TI stimulation has an effective stimulation depth of 7.5~mm, which can effectively stimulate the dorsalis intermedius ventralis anterior (DIVA) that controls pigeon behaviors, and thus the behavioral regulation of pigeon robots is completed. The proposed method not only avoids the damage to the pigeon brain caused by the electrode implantation surgery, but also applies electrical stimulation to the vast majority of nuclei inside the pigeon brain based on this stimulation depth. With a verified feasibility of TI stimulation in the application of pigeon robot behavioral regulation, it provides a non-invasive stimulation method for animal robots.

     

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