Loihi for Robotics

Host

@Yulia Sandamirskaya @Philipp Stratmann

Presenters

“Results and vision”:

  • Zoltan Marton, Agile Robots
    ”Machine learning for big and small lot sizes”

  • Travis de Wolf, Applied Brain Research (ABR)
    ”Adaptive 7DOF arm control with Loihi”

  • Florian Walter, TU Munich
    ”Embodied Neuromorphic Computing: From Ultra Low Power Signal
    Processing to Massively Parallel Virtual Robotics in the Cloud”

  • Evan Eames and Camilo Amaya, fortiss (Munich)
    ”Spiking reinforcement learning for robotic object insertion on Intel Loihi”

  • Guido de Croon, TU Delft
    ”Neuromorphic vision and processing for tiny drones”

  • Tobias Fischer, Queensland Univ. of Technology
    ”What are the best robotics benchmarks for Loihi 2?”

“Systems and requirements”:

  • Jorg Conradt, KTH
    ”Real-time neuromorphic control for autonomous robots”

  • Milad Malekzadeh, NEURA Robotics
    ”Cognitive robots: Enabling true human-machine collaboration with AI”

  • Ruben Grandia, ETH Zurich
    ”Model predictive control for legged robots, towards efficient small-scale platforms”

  • Martin Stelzer, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    ”Interfaces and Requirements for Robotics Control in Hard Realtime”

  • Atul Hatalkar, AMR team, Intel
    ”AMR Challenges, How Can You Help?”

  • Jon Tse, NCL, Intel
    ”Loihi 2 Systems for Robotics”

Description

The first 1h session will present highlights from the community on how Loihi is being used to advance robotics, but also from our external partners on robotic challenges that could be addressed by neuromoprhic computing in the nearest future.

In the second hour, our partners will present requirements and system integration aspects that Loihi needs to address to have impact in robotics. At the end of the hour, Jon Tse will present an overview of Loihi 2 systems that are under development and that are possible in the future, given enough demand.

This session will be followed by a 1h Workgroup, in which we will start with a discussion, driven by the participants' questions and comments and will use the last 30min to draft the Lava-robo library that will address the needs of robotic applications.

Schedule

Friday, April 22nd

Session 1 “Results and vision“ 6-7 PDT / 9-10 EDT / 15-16 CET

Session 2 “Systems and requirements“ 7-8 PDT / 10-11 EDT / 16-17 CET

Prerequisites

Please, join our “Robotics“ Slack channel: https://join.slack.com/share/enQtMzM5MjkzNTgxNzcxOC1kZTIxYWY3M2Q2YTcxNzA4YzVmOWI2YzFjNzZiOWY2ZmEwN2JjYTczYjVjYjUzNGE3NDE2NTczMjI0MjczYTE3

and post there any questions and topics you would like to discuss with us during the workshop.

Recording

Link to Presentation

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