• DocumentCode
    614595
  • Title

    Person localization through ground vibrations using a sand-scorpion inspired spiking neural network

  • Author

    Garreau, Guillaume ; Proxenou, Eleni ; Andreou, A.G. ; Georgiou, Julius

  • Author_Institution
    Holistic Electron. Res. Lab., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-22 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Sand-scorpions can locate a prey using the vibration it creates in the ground when moving. We introduce a spiking neural model of the sand-scorpion and a successful implementation of this model with data collected with a network of seismic sensors.
  • Keywords
    biology computing; neural nets; vibrations; zoology; ground vibration; person localization; prey locating; sand-scorpion; seismic sensor; spiking neural network; Concrete; Data acquisition; Legged locomotion; Portable computers; Rubber; Sensors; Spiking neuron; ground vibration; localization; scorpion; seismic sensor; sensor network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2013 47th Annual Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5237-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5238-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CISS.2013.6552283
  • Filename
    6552283