Implementing spiking neural networks for real-time signal-processing and control applications: A model-validated FPGA approach

Pearson, Martin; Pipe, Anthony G.; Melhuish, Chris; Mitchinson, B.; Nibouche, Mokhtar; Gurney, K.; Gilhespy, I.

doi:10.1109/TNN.2007.891203

Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells (2013)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2013). Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(26), 11559-11564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.111

One of the major limiting factors in the practical implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells is finding efficient and sustainable catalysts for the cathode half reaction, in an attempt to avoid expensive and/or toxic catalysts. The use of phototrophic o... Read More about Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells.

Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans (2012)
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Lallée, S., Pattacini, U., Lemaignan, S., Lenz, A., Melhuish, C., Natale, L., …Dominey, P. F. (2012). Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 4(3), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAMD.2012.2199754

Robots should be capable of interacting in a cooperative and adaptive manner with their human counterparts in open-ended tasks that can change in real-time. An important aspect of the robot behavior will be the ability to acquire new knowledge of the... Read More about Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans.

Lump localisation through a deformation-based tactile feedback system using a biologically inspired finger sensor (2012)
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Pipe, T., Roke, C., Melhuish, C., Pipe, A. G., Drury, D., & Chorley, C. (2012). Lump localisation through a deformation-based tactile feedback system using a biologically inspired finger sensor. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 60(11), 1442-1448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2012.05.002

The ability to localise harder areas in soft tissues is often desired during robot-assisted surgical operations. A deformation-based tactile feedback system was tested for the detection of objects within soft tissues, after being chosen over common p... Read More about Lump localisation through a deformation-based tactile feedback system using a biologically inspired finger sensor.

Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery (2012)
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Pipe, T., Tzemanaki, A., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56

Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instrume... Read More about Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery.

Underactuated fingers controlled by robust and adaptive trajectory following methods (2012)
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Jalani, J., Herrmann, G., & Melhuish, C. (2014). Underactuated fingers controlled by robust and adaptive trajectory following methods. International Journal of Systems Science, 45(2), 120-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2012.687866

Choosing an appropriate control scheme to alleviate nonlinearities and uncertainties is not a trivial task, especially when models are not easily available and practical evaluation provides the only means for actual performance assessment. Various fa... Read More about Underactuated fingers controlled by robust and adaptive trajectory following methods.

Urine utilisation by microbial fuel cells; Energy fuel for the future (2012)
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Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Urine utilisation by microbial fuel cells; Energy fuel for the future. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(1), 94-98. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp23213d

This communication reports for the first time the direct utilisation of urine in MFCs for the production of electricity. Different conversion efficiencies were recorded, depending on the amount treated. Elements such as N, P, K can be locked into new... Read More about Urine utilisation by microbial fuel cells; Energy fuel for the future.

Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors (2012)
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Fox, C. W., Lepora, N. F., Sullivan, J. C., Mitchinson, B., Pearson, M., Evans, M., …Prescott, T. J. (2012). Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(2), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2011.2148114

We describe a novel, biomimetic tactile sensing system modeled on the facial whiskers (vibrissae) of animals such as rats and mice. The "BIOTACT Sensor" consists of a conical array of modular, actuated hair-like elements, each instrumented at the bas... Read More about Tactile discrimination using active whisker sensors.

Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor (2012)
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Georgilas, I., Adamatzky, A., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429, 457-458

Manipulation, orientation and handling of components, subparts and finished products is an essential element of any industrial process, which attracts substantial portion of resources and infrastructure. A classic manipulation, e.g. robot arms, is no... Read More about Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor.

Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator (2012)
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Alemzadeh, K., Dogramadzi, S., Raabe, D., Harrison, A., Ireland, A., Sandy, J., …Burgess, S. (2012). Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016002

This paper presents a new in vitro wear simulator based on spatial parallel kinematics and a biologically inspired implicit force/position hybrid controller to replicate chewing movements and dental wear formations on dental components, such as crown... Read More about Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator.

Power for robotic artificial muscles (2011)
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O'Brien, B., Anderson, I. A., Ieropoulos, I., McKay, T., & Melhuish, C. (2011). Power for robotic artificial muscles. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 16(1), 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2010.2090894

Artificial muscles based on the dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) are an attractive technology for autonomous robotic systems. We are currently exploring their use on EcoBot (Ecological roBot), an autonomous robot being developed by Bristol Robotic... Read More about Power for robotic artificial muscles.

Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output (2010)
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Ieropoulos, I., Winfield, J., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2010). Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output. ECS Transactions, 28(9), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3492221

The present study, reports on the findings of connecting 2 stacks of 48 MFCs and the importance of maturity and acclimation for the anodic biofilms. Furthermore, an attempt is made to emphasize the importance of a universal unit for quantifying power... Read More about Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output.

Safe adaptive compliance control of a humanoid robotic arm with anti-windup compensation and posture control (2010)
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Spiers, A., Pipe, T., Khan, S. G., Herrmann, G., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2010). Safe adaptive compliance control of a humanoid robotic arm with anti-windup compensation and posture control. International Journal of Social Robotics, 2(3), 305-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-010-0058-7

Safety is very important for physical human-robot interaction. Compliance control can solve an important aspect of the safety problem by dealing with impact and other forces arising during close contact between humans and robots. An adaptive complian... Read More about Safe adaptive compliance control of a humanoid robotic arm with anti-windup compensation and posture control.

Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells (2010)
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Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2010). Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells. Bioelectrochemistry, 78(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2009.05.009

This study reports on the findings from the investigation into small-scale (6.25mL) MFCs, connected together as a network of multiple units. The MFCs contained unmodified (no catalyst) carbon fibre electrodes and for initial and later experiments, a... Read More about Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells.

High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship (2009)
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Matsubara, T., Sato, H., Kubo, M., & Melhuish, C. (2009). High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship. Artificial Life and Robotics, 14(2), 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0646-5

In this article, energy trophallaxis, i.e., distributed autonomous energy management methodology inspired by social insects and bat behavior, and its advantages, are shown by a series of computer simulations to address the survivability of organized... Read More about High survivability of a large colony through a small-world relationship.

Cerebellar-inspired adaptive control of a robot eye actuated by pneumatic artificial Muscles (2009)
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Anderson, S. R., Lenz, A., Anderson, S. A., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., Dean, P., & Porrill, J. (2009). Cerebellar-inspired adaptive control of a robot eye actuated by pneumatic artificial Muscles. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, 39(6), 1420-1433. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMCB.2009.2018138

In this paper, a model of cerebellar function is implemented and evaluated in the control of a robot eye actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles. The investigated control problem is stabilization of the visual image in response to disturbances. This... Read More about Cerebellar-inspired adaptive control of a robot eye actuated by pneumatic artificial Muscles.

Facial behaviour mapping-From video footage to a robot head (2008)
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Campbell, N., Jaeckel, P., & Melhuish, C. (2008). Facial behaviour mapping-From video footage to a robot head. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 56(12), 1042-1049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2008.09.002

As autonomous robotic systems advance, they will be required and designed for interaction with humans in order to exchange information, which is essential for fulfilling their tasks. It is well established that human-machine interactions are more bel... Read More about Facial behaviour mapping-From video footage to a robot head.

Biological computing using perfusion anodophile biofilm electrodes (PABE) (2008)
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Greenman, J., Ieropoulos, I., & Melhuish, C. (2008). Biological computing using perfusion anodophile biofilm electrodes (PABE). International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 4(1), 23-32

This paper presents a theoretical approach to biological computing, using biofilm electrodes by illustrating a simplified Pavlovian learning model. The theory behind this approach was based on empirical data produced from a prototype version of these... Read More about Biological computing using perfusion anodophile biofilm electrodes (PABE).

Microbial fuel cells based on carbon veil electrodes: Stack configuration and scalability (2008)
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Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2008). Microbial fuel cells based on carbon veil electrodes: Stack configuration and scalability. International Journal of Energy Research, 32(13), 1228-1240. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.1419

The aim of this study was to compare the performance of three different sizes of microbial fuel cell (MFC) when operated under continuous flow conditions using acetate as the fuel substrate and show how small-scale multiple units may be best configur... Read More about Microbial fuel cells based on carbon veil electrodes: Stack configuration and scalability.

An adaptive gaze stabilization controller inspired by the vestibulo-ocular reflex (2008)
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Lenz, A., Balakrishnan, T., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2008). An adaptive gaze stabilization controller inspired by the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/3/3/035001

The vestibulo-ocular reflex stabilizes vision in many vertebrates. It integrates inertial and visual information to drive the eyes in the opposite direction to head movement and thereby stabilizes the image on the retina. Its adaptive nature guarante... Read More about An adaptive gaze stabilization controller inspired by the vestibulo-ocular reflex.

Implementing spiking neural networks for real-time signal-processing and control applications: A model-validated FPGA approach (2007)
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Pearson, M., Pipe, A. G., Mitchinson, B., Gurney, K., Melhuish, C., Gilhespy, I., & Nibouche, M. (2007). Implementing spiking neural networks for real-time signal-processing and control applications: A model-validated FPGA approach. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 18(5), 1472-1487. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNN.2007.891203

In this paper, we present two versions of a hardware processing architecture for modeling large networks of leaky-integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons; the second version provides performance enhancing features relative to the first. Both versions of the... Read More about Implementing spiking neural networks for real-time signal-processing and control applications: A model-validated FPGA approach.

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