Development of a flexible embedded neurostimulator for animal robots

The neural stimulator is a core component of animal robots. While the control effect of animal robots is influenced by various factors, the performance of the neural stimulator plays a decisive role in regulating animal robots. In order to optimize animal robots, embedded neural stimulators had been...

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Published in:Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi 2023-04, Vol.40 (2), p.327-334
Main Authors: Su, Zhenling, Wang, Dongyun, Qi, Xiaomin, Yang, Chenguang, Zhang, Yexin, Liu, Kaige, Qin, Yue, Liu, Xinyu
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
Animals
Current pulses
In vivo methods and tests
Performance tests
Robot control
Robotics
Robots
Stimulators
Waveforms
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Summary:The neural stimulator is a core component of animal robots. While the control effect of animal robots is influenced by various factors, the performance of the neural stimulator plays a decisive role in regulating animal robots. In order to optimize animal robots, embedded neural stimulators had been developed using flexible printed circuit board technology. This innovation not only enabled the stimulator to generate parameter-adjustable biphasic current pulses through control signals, but also optimized its carrying mode, material, and size, overcoming the disadvantages of traditional backpack or head-inserted stimulators, which have poor concealment and are prone to infection. Static, , and performance tests of the stimulator demonstrated that it not only had precise pulse waveform output capability, but also was lightweight and small in size. It had excellent performance in both laboratory and outdoor environments. Our study has high practical significance for the application of animal robots.
ISSN:1001-5515
DOI:10.7507/1001-5515.202211030