FLAP: FAST, LEXICOGRAPHIC AGILE PERCEPTION INTEGRATES DECISION AND CONTROL IN A SPIKE-RESOLVED, SENSORIMOTOR PROGRAM
Abstract
Despite small neural architectures, insects make rapid, coherent, and diverse behavioral decisions in complex environments, integrating task critical information from multiple sensor modalities. In contrast, engineered systems typically rely on rich but separate modalities of sensory feedback predetermined chosen for selected tasks. This a priori design enables impressive capabilities such as automatic target recognition, tracking, and pursuit-evasion. However, the latest methods in computer vision, deep learning, and adaptive control are poorly integrated and lack animals’ abilities to parse complex and often conflicting information for multiple behaviors. The PI understands the neural basis of specialized circuits for gyroscopic stabilization, take-off, speed regulation, and prey capture. However, there is a largely untapped opportunity to understand systems-level integration of neural perception, which underlies how insects achieve both flexibility and decisiveness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 20, 2023
- Source ID
- FA95502210315
Entities
People
- Simon Sponberg
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- United States Air Force