The Microchip Optera Project

Abstract

Bats use sonar to fly through their environment and catch insects in complete darkness. Studying their behavior and neurophysiology may help in building miniature autonomous air vehicles with sonar sensors. The long-term goal of this project is to build a tiny, low-power, neuromorphic VLSI-based model of an FM bat echolocation system that can be demonstrated in an aerial target capture task using a flying vehicle. This system will work in real time and at low power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457159

Entities

People

  • Cynthia F. Moss
  • Timothy K. Horiuchi

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerial Targets
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Circuits
  • Digital Communications
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineering
  • Image Processing
  • Information Operations
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Repetition Rate
  • Sonar
  • Sonar Pulses
  • Targets
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Marine Mammal Biology