GaryGaulin
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I'm happy to report that the critter now has proprioception, which greatly improved its behavior! And it was easier than I thought. Uses the same map grid.
After going over the network geometry from an average grid scale increase by a constant factor of 1.4 there is a center region for a couple of hexagonally spaced radials (as in retinal foveal area) surrounded by concentric circles that do not pack together hexagonally. Like this but 12 pixels per ring:
http://www.ghuth.com/2010....-retina
Since the number of map "modules" needed for its small arena is only enough to cover a hexagonally spaced central region (where as in fovea there is a relatively even distribution scale inside) mapping large terrain almost to infinity can be a later fancy addition to the model. At this point in experiments I would not even know what to do with thousands of miles of map space for a critter only as big as a bug, who only needs an environment the size of a jar.
I'll next need to set grid rotation to external cue's. Then I'll be ready to turn on the moving invisible shock zone back on again! Avidians welcomed!! Bwahahahaaaa!!!
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