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Modeling Hydra Behavior Using Methods Founded in Behavior-Based Robotics

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viTable of Contents6 Models and methods 216.1 The simulated system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.1.1 Movement patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.1.2 Exteroceptive sensory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1.3 Proprioceptive sensory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1.4 Motivational state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1.5 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1.6 Model parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.2 <strong>Behavior</strong>al organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.2.1 Applicability clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.2.2 Transfer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.3 Constituent behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Results and discussion 297.1 Generation of behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.1.1 B1: Spontaneous actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.1.2 B2: Respond to mechanical stimulus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.1.3 B3: Respond to light stimulus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.1.4 B4: Feed<strong>in</strong>g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.2 Generation of behavioral organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2.1 Experiment A: Spontaneous locomotion patterns . . . . . . . . . 407.2.2 Experiment B: Effect of starvation on contraction frequency . . . 408 Summary and conclusions 45Bibliography 47A Evolutionary algorithms 53A.1 Encod<strong>in</strong>g scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53A.2 Fitness function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54A.3 Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54A.4 Crossover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55A.5 Mutations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55A.6 Elitism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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