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Complex Systems pp 141–156Cite as

Creating and Controlling Complex Biological Brains

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In this contribution, a look is taken at how animal and/or human brain cells can be cultivated (grown) and given a robot physical body (as a controlling brain) in which they can move around and interact with the world. This is realised as a new form of Artificial Intelligence in which the complexity of a highly nonlinear biological neural network is employed to uniquely control a real-world robot. The communication/control feedback loop is described and considered in terms of learning, performance, long-term operation and specialisation within the neural structure. Experimental results are presented and philosophical arguments opened up, e.g. can the robot be considered to be a living, conscious entity?

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This work is funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant No. EP/D080134/1.

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Warwick, K. (2016). Creating and Controlling Complex Biological Brains. In: Dimirovski, G. (eds) Complex Systems. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28860-4_7

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