Publication Type
Conference Paper
Book Title
2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
Publication Date
Page Numbers
1 to 8
Conference Name
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
Conference Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Conference Sponsor
IEEE
Conference Date
-
Abstract
In this work we describe the design, implementation, and testing of the first neuromorphic robot capable of obstacle avoidance, grid coverage, and targeting controlled by the second generation Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Array (DANNA2) digital spiking neuromorphic processor. The simplicity of the DANNA2 processor along with the TENNLab hardware/software co-design framework allows for compact spiking networks that can run efficiently on a small, resource-constrained, platform such as a Xilinx Artix-7 field-programmable gate array. Additionally, we present the dynamic reconfigurability of DANNA2 arrays as a method of realizing complex, multi-objective tasks on hardware that is restricted to relatively small networks.