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  • Robotics
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Computer Engineering

Background:

  • Assessing computational paradigms' robustness is crucial for reliable robotic systems.
  • Digital computers face challenges with hardware errors, impacting performance.
  • Biologically inspired computing offers a potential alternative for robust computation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the basketball scoring performance of digital and biologically inspired computers in robots under varying error rates.
  • To evaluate the robustness of random pulse computing versus conventional digital computing in a mechanical robot.
  • To determine the hardware efficiency and operational reliability of each computing paradigm.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated two mechanical robots (Machine: digital, Man: random pulse computer) performing basketball scoring.
  • Introduced varying error rates (perr) in information-processing circuits for both robots.
  • Analyzed scoring probability, hit distribution, and miss occurrences.

Main Results:

  • Man achieved higher scoring probability than Machine across a wide range of error rates (0.01% to 10%).
  • Man's hits followed a Gaussian distribution, minimizing large misses, while Machine exhibited spectacular misses even at low error rates.
  • Man utilized ~100 logic gates, significantly fewer than Machine's ~3500 gates.

Conclusions:

  • Biologically inspired computation demonstrates superior hardware efficiency and robustness compared to digital computation for robotic tasks.
  • Random pulse computing offers enhanced operational reliability and fault tolerance, crucial for survivability.
  • This study highlights the potential of bio-inspired computing for developing more resilient and efficient robotic systems.