arXiv:2509.13827cs.ROcs.NE2025-09

模仿苍蝇神经机制,让微型机器人快速避障

How Fly Neural Perception Mechanisms Enhance Visuomotor Control of Micro Robots

  • 基于苍蝇的LPLC2神经元设计注意力驱动控制策略
  • 在70KB内存下实现96.1%碰撞检测成功率
  • 适合低功耗微型机器人与仿生智能研究

曾被苍蝇的敏捷性所困扰的人想必不少。这种能力源于其视觉神经感知系统,尤其是小脑中对碰撞敏感的神经元。对于在复杂陌生环境中自主运行的机器人而言,实现类似敏捷性极具吸引力,但常受限于计算成本与性能之间的权衡。在此背景下,昆虫启发的智能提供了一条低成本、高效能的路径。本文提出一种受特定类型苍蝇视觉投射神经元——外侧板/外侧柱型-2(LPLC2)及其逃逸行为启发的注意力驱动式视觉运动控制策略。据我们所知,这是首个将LPLC2神经模型应用于物理移动机器人嵌入式视觉中的实例,实现了碰撞感知与反应式逃避。该模型被简化优化至70KB内存,适配基于视觉的微型机器人Colias,同时保留了关键神经感知机制。我们进一步引入多注意力机制以模拟LPLC2响应的分布式特性,使机器人能快速且选择性地探测并应对逼近目标。系统评估表明,该飞虫启发的视觉运动模型在碰撞检测上达到96.1%成功率,且产生的规避动作更具适应性与优雅性。本工作不仅展示了有效的避障策略,更凸显了飞虫神经模型在推动昆虫智能集体行为研究方面的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Anyone who has tried to swat a fly has likely been frustrated by its remarkable agility.This ability stems from its visual neural perception system, particularly the collision-selective neurons within its small brain.For autonomous robots operating in complex and unfamiliar environments, achieving similar agility is highly desirable but often constrained by the trade-off between computational cost and performance.In this context, insect-inspired intelligence offers a parsimonious route to low-power, computationally efficient frameworks.In this paper, we propose an attention-driven visuomotor control strategy inspired by a specific class of fly visual projection neurons-the lobula plate/lobula column type-2 (LPLC2)-and their associated escape behaviors.To our knowledge, this represents the first embodiment of an LPLC2 neural model in the embedded vision of a physical mobile robot, enabling collision perception and reactive evasion.The model was simplified and optimized at 70KB in memory to suit the computational constraints of a vision-based micro robot, the Colias, while preserving key neural perception mechanisms.We further incorporated multi-attention mechanisms to emulate the distributed nature of LPLC2 responses, allowing the robot to detect and react to approaching targets both rapidly and selectively.We systematically evaluated the proposed method against a state-of-the-art locust-inspired collision detection model.Results showed that the fly-inspired visuomotor model achieved comparable robustness, at success rate of 96.1% in collision detection while producing more adaptive and elegant evasive maneuvers.Beyond demonstrating an effective collision-avoidance strategy, this work highlights the potential of fly-inspired neural models for advancing research into collective behaviors in insect intelligence.

仿生控制神经模型避障微型机器人

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