SGER:A Multi-Sensor-Fused Intelligent Biomimetic Microrobot

项目名称：多传感器融合智能仿生微机器人本项目提出了一种创新的、非常规的多传感器融合仿生微机器人架构的深入分析研究、设计和开发。这种装置将从自然界获得灵感，并将几种昆虫的物理和生物特性结合起来。这种微型机器人将被证明是一种巨大的资产，用于各种科学和工程系统中获取、处理和集成从多个知识来源收集的信息。包括的能力的具体例子是视觉、听觉、接近、嗅觉和沟通能力。所提出的结构和微型机器人可以有效地用于非结构化和不确定环境中的侦察和信息检索。这种情况的一个例子是2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击。该微型机器人可以执行的其他关键任务包括监视和目标获取。微型机器人的操作将是远程的；因此，通信协议将是无线的。除了建立良好的数学基础外，所提出的微型机器人架构的功能和性能将通过详尽的计算机模拟来验证，构建微型机器人原型，并通过在实验室实验中将微型机器人暴露于各种非结构化环境来验证结果。

Award number: 0228784PI: Devendra P. Garg Institution: Duke UniversityTitle: A Multi-Sensor Fused Intelligent Biomemetic MicrorobotThis project proposes an in-depth analytical investigation, design, and development of an innovative and unconventional multi-sensor-fused architecture for a biomimetic microrobot. This device would derive its inspiration from nature and integrate the physical and biological characteristics of several insects. The microrobot would prove to be a great asset for applications in a variety of scientific and engineering systems that acquire, process, and integrate information gathered from multiple knowledge sources. Specific examples of capabilities to be included are the visual, auditory, proximity, olfactory, and communication faculties. The proposed architecture and the microrobot could be gainfully employed for reconnaissance and information retrieval in unstructured and uncertain environments. An example of such a situation is that presented by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Other crucial tasks that the proposed microrobot could perform include that of surveillance and target acquisition. The operation of the microrobot would be remote; hence the communication protocol would be wire-free. In addition to developing a sound mathematical basis, the proposed microrobot architectures functioning and performance will be verified via exhaustive computer simulations, building a prototype microrobot, and validating the results by exposing the microrobot to a variety of unstructured environments during laboratory experiments.