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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 139, 2022
The 4th ETLTC International Conference on ICT Integration in Technical Education (ETLTC2022)
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Article Number | 03019 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Topics in Computer Science | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202213903019 | |
Published online | 13 May 2022 |
Study of a Multi-modal Neurorobotic Prosthetic Arm Control System based on Recurrent Spiking Neural Network
Adaptive Systems Laboratory, Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, 965-8580, Japan
a) Corresponding author: d8211104@u-aizu.ac.jp
b) Electronic mail: khanh.n.dang@vnu.edu.vn
c) Electronic mail: benab@u-aizu.ac.jp
The use of robotic arms in various fields of human endeavor has increased over the years, and with recent advancements in artificial intelligence enabled by deep learning, they are increasingly being employed in medical applications like assistive robots for paralyzed patients with neurological disorders, welfare robots for the elderly, and prosthesis for amputees. However, robot arms tailored towards such applications are resource-constrained. As a result, deep learning with conventional artificial neural network (ANN) which is often run on GPU with high computational complexity and high power consumption cannot be handled by them. Neuromorphic processors, on the other hand, leverage spiking neural network (SNN) which has been shown to be less computationally complex and consume less power, making them suitable for such applications. Also, most robot arms unlike living agents that combine different sensory data to accurately perform a complex task, use uni-modal data which affects their accuracy. Conversely, multi-modal sensory data has been demonstrated to reach high accuracy and can be employed to achieve high accuracy in such robot arms. This paper presents the study of a multi-modal neurorobotic prosthetic arm control system based on recurrent spiking neural network. The robot arm control system uses multi-modal sensory data from visual (camera) and electromyography sensors, together with spike-based data processing on our previously proposed R-NASH neuromorphic processor to achieve robust accurate control of a robot arm with low power. The evaluation result using both uni-modal and multi-modal input data show that the multi-modal input achieves a more robust performance at 87%, compared to the uni-modal.
Key words: Multi-modal / Deep Learning / Neurorobotic / Prosthetic Arm / Control System / Electromyography / Spiking Neural Network / Neuromorphic
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