论文信息 - Neuromorphic Object Tracking Architecture, Based on Compound Eyes, and Implementation on FPGA

Neuromorphic Object Tracking Architecture, Based on Compound Eyes, and Implementation on FPGA

Recent findings in neuroscience, show that rapid changes in flight direction of a housefly/blowfly (mainly to track objects) are attributable to neural circuits distributed behind its photo-receptors. While tracking objects, using its compound eye structure, a fly is able to detect changes in the motion of the object quickly and changes its own motion accordingly. The working of these neural circuits may be modelled as a set of leaky integrate and fire neurons connected in a special manner to form a competitive feedback control. Based on this knowledge, we present a neuromorphic competitive control circuit utilizing an inference neuron model to control N actuators and analyze their outputs for tracking an object. This model was simulated in software first and then implemented on a Xilinx Artix-7 XC7A35T- ICPG236C FPGA board using Verilog. The results show an observable decoherence phenomenon between the neurons and support the working principle of the model.

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