@article {374, title = {Multimodal sensory integration in insects--towards insect brain control architectures.}, journal = {Bioinspir Biomim. }, volume = {1}, year = {2006}, month = { Sep 18 2006}, chapter = {63-75}, abstract = {

Although a variety of basic insect behaviours have inspired successful robot implementations, more complex capabilities in these \&$\#$39;simple\&$\#$39; animals are often overlooked. By reviewing the general architecture of their nervous systems, we gain insight into how they are able to integrate behaviours, perform pattern recognition, context-dependent learning, and combine many sensory inputs in tasks such as navigation. We review in particular what is known about two specific \&$\#$39;higher\&$\#$39; areas in the insect brain, the mushroom bodies and the central complex, and how they are involved in controlling an insect\&$\#$39;s behaviour. While much of the functional interpretation of this information is still speculative, it nevertheless suggests some promising new approaches to obtaining adaptive behaviour in robots.

}, author = {Wessnitzer J, and Webb, B.} }