<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">David Bowes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roderick G Adams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lola Cañamero</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Volker Steuber</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Davey, Neil</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The role of lateral inhibition in the sensory processing in a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE 2009)</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2009</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4937710/</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IEEE</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nashville, TN</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">179–183</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">978-1-4244-2763-5</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visual adaptation is the process that allows animals to be able to see over a wide range of light levels. This is achieved partially by lateral inhibition in the retina which compensates for low/high light levels. Neural controllers which cause robots to turn away from or towards light tend to work in a limited range of light conditions. In real environments, the light conditions can vary greatly reducing the effectiveness of the robot. Our solution for a simple Braitenberg vehicle is to add a single inhibitory neuron which laterally inhibits the output to the robot motors. This solution has additionally reduced the computational complexity of our simple neuron allowing for a greater number of neurons to be simulated with a fixed set of resources.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>