Patent ID: 7827124

Claim:
A method for controlling movement of a mobile brain-based device in a real-world environment, the brain-based device including a simulated nervous system modeling the cerebellum, the method comprising: during a learning stage of the brain-based device (i) providing visual input to activate synapses from precerebellum nuclei (PN) to Purkinje cells (PC) and from precerebellum nuclei (PN) to deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) above a threshold, (ii) storing those synapses which are above the threshold, (iii) after a certain time, generating an error signal in the event the mobile brain-based device hits an obstacle, (iv) providing the error signal from an inferior olive (IO) to the synapses of the PN to PC and PN to DCN paths, in which those synapses which have been stored for at least the certain time undergo synaptic change due to the error signal, and in which the synaptic connectors in the path I 0 to DCN are strong enough to evoke a response causing the mobile brain-based device to move away from the obstacle.