Address-Event Representation (AER) is a
neuromorphic communication protocol for transferring
information of spiking neurons implemented into VLSI chips.
These neuro-inspired implementations have been used to design
sensor chips (retina, cochleas), processing chips (convolutions,
filters) and learning chips, what makes possible the
development of complex, multilayer, multichip neuromorphic
systems. In biology one of the last steps of the processing is to
move a muscle, to apply the results of these complex
neuromorphic processing to the real world. One interesting
question is to be able to transform, or translate, the AER
information into robot movements, like for example, moving a
DC motor. This paper presents several ways to translate AER
spikes into DC motor power, and to control a DC motor speed,
based on Pulse Frequency Modulation. These methods have
been simulated into Simulink with Xilinx System Generator,
and tested into the AER-Robot platform.Junta de Andalucía P06-TIC-01417Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TEC2006-11730-C03-0
