A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control.

Michael B Reiser; Michael H Dickinson

doi:10.1098/rsta.2003.1259

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A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control.

Michael B Reiser·Michael H Dickinson

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Flying insects are remarkable examples of sophisticated sensory-motor control systems. Insects have solved the fundamental challenge facing the field of mobile robots: robust sensory-motor mapping. Control models based on insects can contribute much to the design of robotic control systems. We present our work on a preliminary robotic control system inspired by current behavioural and physiological models of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. We designed a five-degrees-of-freedom robotic system that serves as a novel simulation/mobile robot hybrid. This design has allowed us to implement a fly-inspired control system that uses visual and mechanosensory feedback. Our results suggest that a simple control scheme can yield surprisingly robust fly-like robotic behaviour.

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Adaptation, Physiological Biomimetics Computer Simulation Equipment Design Feedback Flight, Animal Models, Biological Orientation Pattern Recognition, Automated Pattern Recognition, Visual Pilot Projects Robotics Space Perception Comparative Study Evaluation Study Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Michael B Reiser, Michael H Dickinson. 2003-10-15. A test bed for insect-inspired robotic control.. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2003.1259

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