{"id":302,"date":"2024-02-20T07:07:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T07:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuromorphicrobotics.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2025-06-30T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:18:13","slug":"how-to-enable-robots-to-avoid-obstacles-with-ease-inspired-by-insect-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braininspiredrobotics.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"How to enable robots to avoid obstacles with ease inspired by insect brains?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schoepe, T., Janotte, E., Milde, M.B. et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45063-y\"><strong>Finding the gap: neuromorphic motion-vision in dense environments<\/strong><\/a>. Nat Commun 15, 817 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-45063-y<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abstract<br \/>\n&#8220;Animals have evolved mechanisms to travel safely and efficiently within different habitats. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">On a journey in dense terrains animals avoid collisions and cross narrow passages while controlling an overall course<\/span><\/strong>. Multiple hypotheses target <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">how animals solve challenges faced during such travel<\/span><\/strong>. Here <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">we show that a single mechanism enables safe and efficient travel.<\/span><\/strong> We developed a robot inspired by insects. It has remarkable capabilities <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to travel in dense terrain, avoiding collisions, crossing gaps and selecting safe passages<\/span><\/strong>. These capabilities are <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">accomplished by a neuromorphic network<\/span><\/strong> steering the robot toward regions of low apparent motion. Our system <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">leverages knowledge about vision processing and obstacle avoidance in insects<\/span><\/strong>. Our results demonstrate how insects might safely travel through diverse habitats. We anticipate our system to be a working hypothesis to study insects\u2019 travels in dense terrains. Furthermore, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">it illustrates that we can design novel hardware systems by understanding the underlying mechanisms driving behaviour<\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schoepe, T., Janotte, E., Milde, M.B. et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45063-y\"><strong>Finding the gap: neuromorphic motion-vision in dense environments<\/strong><\/a>. Nat Commun 15, 817 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-45063-y<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techexplorist.com\/robot-inspired-insect-brains-avoid-obstacles-ease\/81035\/\">Robot inspired by insect brains can avoid obstacles with ease<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schoepe, T., Janotte, E., Milde, M.B. et al. Finding the gap: neuromorphic motion-vision in dense environments. Nat Commun 15, 817 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-45063-y Abstract &#8220;Animals have evolved mechanisms to travel safely and efficiently within different habitats. On a journey in dense terrains animals avoid collisions and cross narrow passages while controlling an overall course. 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