Animats

Studies from B. Webb and co-researchers update current data on behavior.
Biotech Week; 8/26/2009; 711 words; ...the behavior of invented artificial animals, often called animats, under similar conditions. An obvious question about the...published their study in Adaptive Behavior (Animals Versus Animats: Or Why Not Model the Real Iguana? Adaptive Behavior, 2009...

New neural systems study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Quebec.(Report)
Robotics & Machine Learning; 7/6/2009; 935 words; ...and an artificial 2D-world simulator, where one or more animats implement an input-output transfer function in real-time...AI-SIMCOG: a simulator for spiking neurons and multiple animats' behaviours. Neural Computing & Applications, 2009...

Biological robot powered by rat's 'brain'.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 8/14/2008; 614 words; ...July conference on in-vitro recording technology in Reutlingen, Germany, scientists from around the world had presented projects on culturing brain material and plugging it into simulations and robots, or "animats" as they are known.

Communication entre le vivant, le virtuel et l'artificiel entrevue avec Louis Bec.(Avignon, Montréal)(Interview)
Etc. Montreal; 9/1/2007; 3461 words; ...nombreuses expositions et manifestations sur les arts technologiques, notamment l'vnement << SAB : From animals to Animats >>. Il a organis aussi de nombreuses manifestations artistiques (1), dont Le vivant et l'artificiel, Art...

TRN's View from the High Ground: GMU's Harry Wechsler.
TRN Newswire; 10/31/2005; 3374 words; ...neural networks, machine learning, information retrieval, data mining and knowledge discovery, genetic algorithms and animats, face and gesture recognition, biometrics, and forensics. He is an IEEE fellow and has directed NATO Advanced Study Institutes...