Development of structure-mediated behaviour selector using oscillator network

Insects have only a small brain but their behaviour is highly adaptive; this adaptive feature leads us to expect their brain to possess a simple adaptation mechanism. This research focuses attention on the phenomenon of crickets varying their aggression depending on their global neural connection, and proposes a behaviour selection mechanism controlled by network transformation. The controller is composed of an oscillator network and its behaviour is decided by synchrony based on organic oscillation. Furthermore, every network component corresponds to a certain brain module. A model is realised using an analog circuit and it is applied to a simple robot model that displays the behaviour of a real insect.