Motion perception based on on/off channels: a survey

Q Fu - Neural Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Motion perception is an essential ability for animals and artificially intelligent systems
interacting effectively, safely with surrounding objects and environments. Biological visual …

Performance of an insect-inspired target tracker in natural conditions

ZM Bagheri, SD Wiederman… - Bioinspiration & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Robust and efficient target-tracking algorithms embedded on moving platforms, are a
requirement for many computer vision and robotic applications. However, deployment of a …

An autonomous robot inspired by insect neurophysiology pursues moving features in natural environments

ZM Bagheri, BS Cazzolato, S Grainger… - Journal of neural …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Many computer vision and robotic applications require the implementation of
robust and efficient target-tracking algorithms on a moving platform. However, deployment of …

SLoN: a spiking looming perception network exploiting neural encoding and processing in ON/OFF channels

Z Dai, Q Fu, J Peng, H Li - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Looming perception, the ability to sense approaching objects, is crucial for the survival of
humans and animals. After hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary development …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Automated Object-Detection Algorithms for Koala Detection in Infrared Aerial Imagery

LAH Al-Shimaysawee, A Finn, D Weber… - Sensors (Basel …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective detection techniques are important for wildlife monitoring and conservation
applications and are especially helpful for species that live in complex environments, such …

A Bio-Inspired Research Paradigm of Collision Perception Neurons Enabling Neuro-Robotic Integration: The LGMD Case

Z Qin, J Peng, S Yue, Q Fu - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.02982, 2025 - arxiv.org
Compared to human vision, insect visual systems excel at rapid and precise collision
detection, despite relying on only tens of thousands of neurons organized through a few …

Bioinspired contrast vision computation for robust motion estimation against natural signals

Q Fu, J Peng, S Yue - 2021 International Joint Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims at addressing a challenging problem on reliably estimating image motion
against highly variable natural signals which artificial dynamic vision systems are faced with …

Bio-inspired small target motion detector with a new lateral inhibition mechanism

H Wang, J Peng, S Yue - 2016 International Joint Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In nature, it is an important task for animals to detect small targets which move within
cluttered background. In recent years, biologists have found that a class of neurons in the …

Nonlinear, neuronal adaptation in insect vision models improves target discrimination within repetitively moving backgrounds

JV James, BS Cazzolato, S Grainger… - Bioinspiration & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Neurons which respond selectively to small moving targets, even against a cluttered
background, have been identified in several insect species. To investigate what underlies …

Bio-inspired feature extraction and enhancement of targets moving against visual clutter during closed loop pursuit

KJ Halupka, SD Wiederman… - … on Image Processing, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a biologically inspired model for detection and pursuit of small targets against
complex backgrounds and tested it in a closed-loop flight arena. A winner-takes-all network …