MEART: The Semi-Living Artist.
MEART: The Semi-Living Artist.
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Meart：半生活的艺术家。
DOI：
10.3389/neuro.12.005.2007
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Potter, Steve M
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作者：
Bakkum, Douglas J;Gamblen, Philip M;Ben-Ary, Guy;Chao, Zenas C;Potter, Steve M
在这里，我们和其他人描述了一个不同寻常的神经机器人项目，一个艺术和科学的融合，称为MEART，半活着的艺术家。我们建造了一个气动机械臂来创作图画，由生长在多电极阵列(MEA)上的大鼠大脑皮质神经元的活网络控制。这种具体化的培养网络形成了一个实时闭环系统，现在它可以行为并接受电刺激作为其行为的反馈。我们使用MEART和模拟实施例或动画来研究产生适应性、目标导向行为的网络机制。这种神经接口的方法将有助于指导我们称为Hybrots的其他混合神经-机器人系统的设计。开发的接口技术和算法在响应性脑深部刺激系统和使用感觉部件的运动假肢中具有潜在的应用。在更广泛的背景下，MEART教育公众有关神经科学、神经接口和机器人的知识。它为关于生物艺术和生物技术未来的批判性讨论铺平了道路。
Here, we and others describe an unusual neurorobotic project, a merging of art and science called MEART, the semi-living artist. We built a pneumatically actuated robotic arm to create drawings, as controlled by a living network of neurons from rat cortex grown on a multi-electrode array (MEA). Such embodied cultured networks formed a real-time closed-loop system which could now behave and receive electrical stimulation as feedback on its behavior. We used MEART and simulated embodiments, or animats, to study the network mechanisms that produce adaptive, goal-directed behavior. This approach to neural interfacing will help instruct the design of other hybrid neural-robotic systems we call hybrots. The interfacing technologies and algorithms developed have potential applications in responsive deep brain stimulation systems and for motor prosthetics using sensory components. In a broader context, MEART educates the public about neuroscience, neural interfaces, and robotics. It has paved the way for critical discussions on the future of bio-art and of biotechnology.