09.16.2009: Noah Cowan - Sensorimotor Control in Animals

Extremely awesome presentation --- did not catch most of the info.

• Model cockroach as a "unicycle"
  • Model parameters reduced to dimensionless value: J = Iv/BL
  • When modeling no spring force (cockroach has no desired orientation), but damping to account for losses.
• Neural delays make it possible for the cockroach