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Studying the Neural Basis of Adaptive Locomotor Behavior in Insects

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Resource-efficient bio-inspired visual processing on the hexapod walking robot HECTOR.

Hanno Gerd Meyer^1,2,3, Daniel Klimeck⁴, Jan Paskarbeit¹

¹Research Group Biomechatronics, CITEC, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.

|April 3, 2020

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This study presents a bio-inspired navigation system for robots, inspired by insect brains. The novel hardware efficiently avoids collisions and guides robots, outperforming traditional systems.

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Area of Science:

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Bio-inspired Computing
Neuroscience and Neuromorphic Engineering

Background:

Insects exhibit remarkable efficiency in processing visual motion for navigation.
Existing robotic navigation systems often require significant computational resources.
There is a need for resource-efficient navigation solutions for mobile robots.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a bio-inspired collision avoidance and navigation controller.
To implement this controller on a novel System-on-Chip (SoC) hardware module.
To evaluate the performance of this system on a hexapod robot (HECTOR).

Main Methods:

Emulation of insect visual motion processing using bio-inspired algorithms.
Implementation on a dynamically reconfigurable logic-based SoC hardware module.
Control of a stick insect-like hexapod robot (HECTOR) for visually-guided navigation.

Main Results:

HECTOR successfully navigated to predefined goals while avoiding obstacles.
The SoC-based system demonstrated superior speed and resource efficiency compared to CPU and GPU implementations.
The system's efficiency makes it suitable for fast-moving robots, including drones.

Conclusions:

Bio-inspired visual motion processing on dedicated hardware offers a highly efficient solution for robotic navigation.
The developed SoC module significantly advances the capabilities of visually-guided robots.
This technology has the potential to enable autonomous navigation in complex environments for various robotic platforms.