ANCOB - Artificial Nervous COntrolled Beetle The idea of building machines that reflect biological structures is certainly not new. From Leonardo Da Vinci who dreamt of winged flying machines to the clockwork automata, humans have been trying to build machines that can perform tasks as successfully as the myriad creatures in our natural world. ANCOB is a micro-robot that uses a tiny nervous network (Nv) to mimic, in a general way, the living of a real-biological beetle. ANCOB’s brain kernel consisted of only two Nv neurons that have been constructed using four transistors and some other simple analog electronic components. ANCOB’s brain is not more than a double quasi-chaotic oscillator used for the development of a robotic creature that is minimalistic in design but complex in behaviors... More info: www.vastianos.com