Insect-inspired robots: bridging biological and artificial systems

P Manoonpong, L Patanè, X Xiong, I Brodoline… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review article aims to address common research questions in hexapod robotics. How
can we build intelligent autonomous hexapod robots that can exploit their biomechanics …

Dynamic spatiotemporal pattern recognition with recurrent spiking neural network

J Shen, JK Liu, Y Wang - Neural Computation, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Our real-time actions in everyday life reflect a range of spatiotemporal dynamic brain activity
patterns, the consequence of neuronal computation with spikes in the brain. Most existing …

Enhancing spiking neural networks with hybrid top-down attention

F Liu, R Zhao - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the representatives of brain-inspired models at the neuronal level, spiking neural
networks (SNNs) have shown great promise in processing spatiotemporal information with …

A computational model of conditioning inspired by Drosophila olfactory system

F Faghihi, AA Moustafa, R Heinrich, F Wörgötter - Neural Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that Drosophila melanogaster (briefly Drosophila) can
successfully perform higher cognitive processes including second order olfactory …

Motor-skill learning in an insect inspired neuro-computational control system

E Arena, P Arena, R Strauss, L Patané - Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In nature, insects show impressive adaptation and learning capabilities. The proposed
computational model takes inspiration from specific structures of the insect brain: after …

Modeling the insect mushroom bodies: Application to a delayed match-to-sample task

P Arena, L Patané, V Stornanti, PS Termini, B Zäpf… - Neural Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite their small brains, insects show advanced capabilities in learning and task solving.
Flies, honeybees and ants are becoming a reference point in neuroscience and a main …

Learning pattern recognition and decision making in the insect brain

R Huerta - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We revise the current model of learning pattern recognition in the Mushroom Bodies of the
insects using current experimental knowledge about the location of learning, olfactory …

Modelling the insect mushroom bodies: application to sequence learning

P Arena, M Calí, L Patané, A Portera, R Strauss - Neural Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
Learning and reproducing temporal sequences is a fundamental ability used by living
beings to adapt behaviour repertoire to environmental constraints. This paper is focused on …

A fly-inspired mushroom bodies model for sensory-motor control through sequence and subsequence learning

P Arena, M Calí, L Patané, A Portera… - International journal of …, 2016 - World Scientific
Classification and sequence learning are relevant capabilities used by living beings to
extract complex information from the environment for behavioral control. The insect world is …

[图书][B] Nonlinear circuits and systems for neuro-inspired robot control

L Patanè, R Strauss, P Arena - 2018 - Springer
The brain is the ultimate challenge when it comes to understanding the basis of what makes
living beings able to survive in hostile environments, adapt their lifestyle to changing …