Novel design methods of central nervous system of C. elegans and olfactory bulb model of mammal based on sequential logic and numerical integration

Abstract

This study proposes a novel design method of a neuromorphic electronic circuit: design of a neuromorphic circuit based on appropriately selected hybrid dynamics of synchronous sequential logic, asynchronous sequential logic, and numerical integration. Based on the proposed design method, a novel central nervous system model of C. elegans, and an olfactory bulb model are presented. It is then shown that the presented models can realize typical responses of a conventional central nervous system model of C. elegans, and the observation of chaos in the olfactory bulb. Furthermore, the presented models are implemented by a field programmable gate array and the presented model of C.elegans is used to control a prototype robot of C. elegans body. Then, experiments validate that the presented central nervous system model enables the body robot to reproduce typical chemotaxis behaviors of the conventional C. elegans model. In addition, comparisons show that the presented model consumes fewer circuit elements and lower power compared to various central nervous system models of C. elegans based on synchronous sequential logic, asynchronous sequential logic, and numerical integration