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ArticleNature communications2024

Finding the gap: neuromorphic motion-vision in dense environments.

Thorben Schoepe, Ella Janotte, Moritz B Milde, Olivier J N Bertrand, Martin Egelhaaf, Elisabetta Chicca

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Thorben SchoepePeter Grünberg Institut 15, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Aachen, Germany. t.schoepe@fz-juelich.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7048-7358
Ella JanotteEvent Driven Perception for Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology, iCub facility, Genoa, Italy.
Moritz B MildeInternational Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
Olivier J N BertrandNeurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Martin EgelhaafNeurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Elisabetta ChiccaFaculty of Technology and Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Bielefeld University · DEUniversity of Groningen · NLItalian Institute of Technology · ITWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals have evolved mechanisms to travel safely and efficiently within different habitats. On a journey in dense terrains animals avoid collisions and cross narrow passages while controlling an overall course. Multiple hypotheses target how animals solve challenges faced during such travel. Here we show that a single mechanism enables safe and efficient travel. We developed a robot inspired by insects. It has remarkable capabilities to travel in dense terrain, avoiding collisions, crossing gaps and selecting safe passages. These capabilities are accomplished by a neuromorphic network steering the robot toward regions of low apparent motion. Our system leverages knowledge about vision processing and obstacle avoidance in insects. Our results demonstrate how insects might safely travel through diverse habitats. We anticipate our system to be a working hypothesis to study insects' travels in dense terrains. Furthermore, it illustrates that we can design novel hardware systems by understanding the underlying mechanisms driving behaviour.

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Vision, OcularVisual PerceptionAnimalsInsectaMotion

Identifiers

PMID38280859
PMCPMC10821932
OpenAlexW4391282679

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