Spiking neural networks and its application for mobile robots

In this paper, the third generation neural network- Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are introduced. SNNs´ origination, characteristic, coding, the training methods, and the models of Spiking neurons and synaptics are also discussed. A survey for SNNs´ research and application in mobile robots is made. Because of SNNs´ unique characteristic: good biological plausibility, Spiking neurons involving both temporal and spatial information, faster and more efficiently computing, good robustness and easy implementation by hardware, SNNs have been used in mobile robots´ control, environment perception and robots´ vision successfully.