title: Accelerated neuromorphic cybernetics
creator: Schreiber, Korbinian
subject: 500
subject: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics
subject: 530
subject: 530 Physics
subject: 570
subject: 570 Life sciences
subject: 600
subject: 600 Technology (Applied sciences)
subject: 620
subject: 620 Engineering and allied operations
description: Accelerated mixed-signal neuromorphic hardware refers to electronic systems that emulate electrophysiological aspects of biological nervous systems in analog voltages and currents in an accelerated manner. While the functional spectrum of these systems already includes many observed neuronal capabilities, such as learning or classification, some areas remain largely unexplored. In particular, this concerns cybernetic scenarios in which nervous systems engage in closed interaction with their bodies and environments. Since the control of behavior and movement in animals is both the purpose and the cause of the development of nervous systems, such processes are, however, of essential importance in nature. Besides the design of neuromorphic circuit- and system components, the main focus of this work is therefore the construction and analysis of accelerated neuromorphic agents that are integrated into cybernetic chains of action. These agents are, on the one hand, an accelerated mechanical robot, on the other hand, an accelerated virtual insect. In both cases, the sensory organs and actuators of their artificial bodies are derived from the neurophysiology of the biological prototypes and are reproduced as faithfully as possible. In addition, each of the two biomimetic organisms is subjected to evolutionary optimization, which illustrates the advantages of accelerated neuromorphic nervous systems through significant time savings.
date: 2021
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29324/1/accelerated_neuromorphic_cybernetics.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00029324
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-293246
identifier:   Schreiber, Korbinian  (2021) Accelerated neuromorphic cybernetics.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29324/
relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/720270, 785907, 945539
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/help/license_urhg.html
language: eng