Title :
A Biologically Inspired FPGA Based Implementation of a Tactile Sensory System for Object Recognition and Texture Discrimination
Author :
Pearson, M. ; Nibouche, M. ; Pipe, A.G. ; Melhuish, C. ; Gilhespy, I. ; Mitchison, B. ; Gurney, K. ; Prescott, T. ; Redgrave, P.
Author_Institution :
Bristol Robotics Lab., West of England Univ., Bristol
Abstract :
Both a FPGA implementation of a rodent´s tactile sensory system and a neural FPGA based hardware processor, mimicking the brainstem behaviour are presented. They have principally been designed using biological considerations. The two systems are being ported on a single FPGA platform and will ultimately be embedded on a mobile robot, which will operate in real world environments for object recognition and surface textural discrimination purposes
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; haptic interfaces; mobile robots; neural nets; object recognition; surface texture; biological considerations; brainstem behaviour; hardware processor; mobile robot; neural FPGA; object recognition; tactile sensory; texture discrimination; Basal ganglia; Brain modeling; Digital signal processing; Field programmable gate arrays; Neural pathways; Neurons; Object recognition; Rodents; Sensor arrays; Surface texture;
Conference_Titel :
Field Programmable Logic and Applications, 2006. FPL '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0312-X
DOI :
10.1109/FPL.2006.311339
