A bioinspired optoelectronically engineered artificial neurorobotics device with sensorimotor functionalities.

ABSTRACT: Development of the next generation of bio- and nano-electronics is inseparably connected to the innovative concept of emulation and reproduction of biological sensorimotor systems and artificial neurobotics. Here, we report for the first time principally new artificial bioinspired optoelectronic sensorimotor system for the controlable immitation of opto-genetically engineered neurons in the biological motor system. The device is based on inorganic optical synapse (In-doped TiO₂ nanofilm) assembled into a liquid metal (galinstan) actuator. The optoelectronic synapse generates polarised excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials to trigger the liquid metal droplet to vibrate and then mimic the expansion and contraction of biological fibre muscle. The low-energy consumption

SUBMITTER: Karbalaei Akbari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature