Title :
Applying neuromorphic vision sensors to planetary landing tasks
Author :
Orchard, Garrick ; Bartolozzi, Chiara ; Indiveri, Giacomo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Recently there has been an increasing interest in application of bio-mimetic controllers and neuromorphic vision sensors to planetary landing tasks. Within this context, we present combined low-level (SPICE) and high-level (behavioral) simulations of a novel neuromorphic VLSI vision sensor in a realistic planetary landing scenario. We use results from low level simulations to build an abstract description of the chip which can be used in higher level simulations which include closed-loop control of the craft.
Keywords :
SPICE; VLSI; aerospace control; biomimetics; closed loop systems; computer vision; controllers; image sensors; space vehicles; SPICE; biomimetic controllers; closed-loop control; high-level behavioral simulations; neuromorphic VLSI vision sensors; planetary landing tasks; Biology computing; Biosensors; Circuit simulation; Computer vision; Distributed computing; Neuromorphics; Physics computing; SPICE; Signal processing; Surface topography;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2009. BioCAS 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4917-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4918-7
DOI :
10.1109/BIOCAS.2009.5372048
