BEAM (Biology Electronics Aesthetics and Mechanics) Robotics , it is an approach to robotics using simple analog circuits rather than using micro-processors or micro-controllers. This concept uses a type of circuit configuration which mainly consists of a neural network referred as "Nervous Net" or "Nv Net" whose element are none other than artificial neurons.
Why??
Reduce the cost and complexity of the design. It takes less time to build a Beam-Robot rather than designing traditional machines, also the size of Beam Robots are smaller than traditional robots.
Nv Neuron ???
Artificial neurons are made of a resistor, capacitor and a NOT gate.