TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a novel quadruped mobile robot for behavior analysis of rats
AU - Shi, Qing
AU - Miyagishima, Shunsyuke
AU - Fumino, Shogo
AU - Ishii, Hiroyuki
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
AU - Laschi, Cecilia
AU - Mazzolai, Barbara
AU - Mattoli, Virgilio
AU - Dario, Paolo
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In the domain of psychology and medical science, many experiments have been conducted referring to research on animal behaviors, to study the mechanism of mental disorders and to develop psychotropic drugs to treat them. Rodents such as rats are often chosen as experimental subjects in these experiments. However, according to some researchers, the experiments on social interactions using animals are poorly- reproducible. Therefore, we consider that the reproducibility of these experiments can be improved by using a robotic agent that interacts with an animal subject. We have developed a novel quadruped rat-inspired robot, the WR-2 (Waseda Rat No.2), based on the dimension and body structure of a mature rat. It is capable of reproducing the behaviors such as walking, mounting, rearing and grooming of the rat.
AB - In the domain of psychology and medical science, many experiments have been conducted referring to research on animal behaviors, to study the mechanism of mental disorders and to develop psychotropic drugs to treat them. Rodents such as rats are often chosen as experimental subjects in these experiments. However, according to some researchers, the experiments on social interactions using animals are poorly- reproducible. Therefore, we consider that the reproducibility of these experiments can be improved by using a robotic agent that interacts with an animal subject. We have developed a novel quadruped rat-inspired robot, the WR-2 (Waseda Rat No.2), based on the dimension and body structure of a mature rat. It is capable of reproducing the behaviors such as walking, mounting, rearing and grooming of the rat.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651504405&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5653253
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5653253
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651504405
SN - 9781424466757
T3 - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 3073
EP - 3078
BT - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
ER -