Abstract Neural architectures have been proposed to navigate mobile robots within several environment definitions. In this paper a new neural modular constructive approach to navigate mobile robots in unknown environments is presented. The problem, in its basic form, consists of defining and executing a trajectory to a predefined goal while avoiding all obstacles, in an unknown environment. Some crucial issues arise when trying to solve this problem, such as an overflow of sensorial information and conflicting objectives. Most neural network (NN) approaches to this problem focus on a monolithic system, ., a system with only one neural network that receives.