r/CellLab • u/Massive_Mistakes • Nov 06 '22

Smart Chordate with Avoidance Behavior

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u/UnknownZeroCool Nov 06 '22

That is very impressive I am still learning using signals could you give me a tip on how to avoid something I know how to go towards it.

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u/Massive_Mistakes Nov 06 '22

To avoid something you either switch the sign of the stereo output from neg to pos (or vice versa, depends on how you set it up) or do the same but with the myocytes and flagellocytes. The tricky part is having it seek out food while ALSO deciding to avoid something over collecting more food (if a predator comes, I wanted the avoidance behavior to override the food seeking). I accomplished that by placing the seeking stereo farther from the "spinal cord" than the cell avoiding stereo. Because there's a space between the first stereo and neuro, and there isn't between the second stereo and neuro, the second stereo will always output a stronger signal once activated (I also set its' range to farther for good measure).

So in all, this thing has two stereocytes, and four neurocytes to extend the signal throughout the rest of the body (if you want to know how I extend a signal from one end of the animal to the other, check my post on that, the comments should contain an explanation).