Abstract:
The flapping microrobot known as RoboBee is the first robot to demonstrate insect-scale flight, as well as the most capable flying robotic insect to date. Controlled hove...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The flapping microrobot known as RoboBee is the first robot to demonstrate insect-scale flight, as well as the most capable flying robotic insect to date. Controlled hover, trajectory-following, and perching have been accomplished by means of onboard sensors and actuators fabricated with the robot using a “pop-up book MEMS” process based on smart composite microstructures. This paper presents a RoboBee bio-inspired controller that closes the loop between the onboard sensors and actuators by means of a leaky integrate-and-fire spiking neural network that adapts in flight using a reward-modulated Hebbian plasticity mechanism.
Published in: 2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
Date of Conference: 12-14 December 2016
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 29 December 2016
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