Worm Brain Simulator
Simulate a worm brain with the GoPiGo or GoPiGo3 and a Raspberry Pi.
10. Worm's Brain and GoPiGo
To be clear, there is no programming that is directing the robot to stop or rotate a wheel in one direction or another. It is only the collective weighted values being generated from the simulated worm Connectome that guides the actions of the robot. It was very difficult to contain the Connectome into a single application and make it run on a Raspberry Pi but this is a very good attempt. This is truly a totally autonomous robot that is reacting to its environment through a simulated brain of a nematode.
The Connectome Project wants to encourage others to use the Connectome program and try to change the methods to make the program run more efficiently and react better to the environment. Changes to the Connectome, however, means you are creating your own simulated nervous system that will differ from the worms nervous system, which might be fun to explore as well.
You can find more information and the Python program on the Connectome Website.
You can see video of the GoPiGo robot