{"id":1804,"date":"2019-04-06T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T05:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognav.net\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:19:25","slug":"neuro-autonomy-neuroscience-inspired-perception-navigation-and-spatial-awareness-for-autonomous-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Neuro-Autonomy: Neuroscience-Inspired Perception, Navigation, and Spatial Awareness for Autonomous Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

MURI Project Title: \u201cNeuro-Autonomy: Neuroscience-Inspired Perception, Navigation, and Spatial Awareness for Autonomous Robots\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Website:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/neuroautonomy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/electrical.eng.unimelb.edu.au\/control-signal-processing\/neuro-autonomy\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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The following content is extracted from the\u00a0http:\/\/www.bu.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Boston University-led research team was selected to receive a $7.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).\u00a0\u00a0With this prestigious grant, the researchers will develop a novel category of neuro-inspired autonomous robots for land, sea, and air that the investigators have termed \u201cneuro-autonomous.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pic from http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/neuroautonomy\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The initiative will tackle the challenge of how to make robots truly autonomous as well as provide important insights into the process of learning and memory formation.\u00a0The project will be led by Yannis Paschalidis<\/a>, director of the\u00a0Center for Information and Systems Engineering<\/a>, and professor in the College of Engineering at Boston University.<\/p>\n

The winning team of researchers is a Dream Team of experts from Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It includes experts in neuroscience, robotics, computer science, computer vision, artificial intelligence, mathematical systems theory, and a host of other related advanced technology domains. The project will also benefit from collaboration with renowned\u00a0researchers from the University of Melbourne, Macquarie University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of New South Wales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Pic @Yannis Paschalidis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This project aims\u00a0at developing next-generation AVs, capable of learning and on-the-fly adaptation to environmental\u00a0novelty<\/span><\/strong>. These systems need to be orders of magnitude more energy efficient<\/span> <\/strong>than current systems\u00a0and able to pursue complex goals in highly dynamic and even adversarial environments<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Biological organisms exhibit the capabilities envisioned for next-generation AVs. From insects\u00a0to birds, rodents and humans<\/strong><\/span>, one can observe the fusing of multiple sensor modalities, spatial\u00a0awareness, and spatial memory, all functioning together as a suite of perceptual modalities that\u00a0enable navigation in unstructured and complex environments<\/strong><\/span>. With this motivation, the project\u00a0will leverage deep neurophysiological insights from the living world to develop new neuroscience-inspired\u00a0methods capable of achieving advanced, next-generation perception and navigation for\u00a0AVs<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

For more detail info, please visit the BU website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BU-led Research Team Wins Competitive $7.5 million MURI Grant to Create Neuro-Autonomous Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

MURI Project Abstract, Approved for Public Release <\/a><\/p>\n

How to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Smarter, Bolder<\/a><\/p>\n

Neuro-Autonomous Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Aussie and US uni collaboration to work on next-gen autonomous systems<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MURI Project Title: \u201cNeuro-Autonomy: Neuroscience-Inspired Perception, Navigation, and Spatial Awareness for Autonomous Robots\u201d Project Website:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/neuroautonomy\/ https:\/\/electrical.eng.unimelb.edu.au\/control-signal-processing\/neuro-autonomy\u00a0   The following content is extracted from the\u00a0http:\/\/www.bu.edu.\u00a0 A Boston University-led research team was selected to receive a $7.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).\u00a0\u00a0With this prestigious grant, the researchers will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300,126,114,96,420,376,424],"tags":[454,451,394,452,453],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}