Collision avoidance using a model of the locust LGMD neuron

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-38

  Blanchard, Mark ^a   Rind, F Claire ^b   Verschure, Paul F M J ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER VISION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTICS;

LOBULA GIANT MOVEMENT DETECTOR (LGMD);

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033887986     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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