Bioinspired Control Systems for Self-Driving Vehicles
New Autonomous Paradigm on the Ground, Underwater, in the Air - Based on Brain Research Source: Stock Image of the Brain Boston University Leading Global Scientific Research Team The US Department of Defense just awarded $7.5 million to a team of scientists from Boston University, MIT and Australian research universities. The funding is to utilize neuroscience research to better control and organize engineered systems for the development of the next generation of autonomous systems for driverless vehicles. The systems would be new bioinspired control systems to mimic how living organisms' brains successfully navigate their spacial environments. Brain Power What's fascinating about this project is that the autonomous systems they develop will have applications across driverless vehicles on land, sea and air. The team is led by Boston University Professor of Engineering Yannis Paschalidis, who specializes in biomedical, systems, electrical and computing...