Artículo
An Address Event Representation-based Processing System for a Biped Robot
Autor/es | Jaramillo Ávila, Uziel
Rostro González, Horacio Camuñas Mesa, Luis Alejandro Romero Troncoso, René de Jesús Linares Barranco, Bernabé |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo |
Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
Fecha de depósito | 2022-09-22 |
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Resumen | In recent years, several important advances have been
made in the fields of both biologically inspired sensorial
processing and locomotion systems, such as Address Event
Representation-based cameras (or Dynamic Vision ... In recent years, several important advances have been made in the fields of both biologically inspired sensorial processing and locomotion systems, such as Address Event Representation-based cameras (or Dynamic Vision Sen‐ sors) and in human-like robot locomotion, e.g,. the walking of a biped robot. However, making these fields merge properly is not an easy task. In this regard, Neuromorphic Engineering is a fast-growing research field, the main goal of which is the biologically inspired design of hybrid hardware systems in order to mimic neural architectures and to process information in the manner of the brain. However, few robotic applications exist to illustrate them. The main goal of this work is to demonstrate, by creating a closed-loop system using only bio-inspired techniques, how such applications can work properly. We present an algorithm using Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) for a biped robot equipped with a Dynamic Vision Sensor, which is designed to follow a line drawn on the floor. This is a commonly used method for demonstrating control techniques. Most of them are fairly simple to implement without very sophisticated components; however, it can still serve as a good test in more elaborate circumstances. In addition, the locomotion system proposed is able to coordinately control the six DOFs of a biped robot in switching between basic forms of movement. The latter has been implemented as a FPGA-based neuromorphic system. Numerical tests and hardware validation are presented. |
Cita | Jaramillo Ávila, U., Rostro González, H., Camuñas Mesa, L.A., Romero Troncoso, R.d.J. y Linares Barranco, B. (2016). An Address Event Representation-based Processing System for a Biped Robot. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 13 (1) |