201. HuRAI: A brain-inspired computational model for human-robot auditory interface.
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Wu, Jibin, Liu, Qi, Zhang, Malu, Pan, Zihan, Li, Haizhou, and Tan, Kay Chen
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AUTOMATIC speech recognition , *ARTIFICIAL neural networks , *DEEP learning , *GRAPHICS processing units , *ENERGY consumption , *HUMAN-robot interaction - Abstract
The deep learning era endows immense opportunities for ubiquitous robotic applications by leveraging big data generated from widespread sensors and ever-growing computing capability. While the growing demands for natural human-robot interaction (HRI) as well as concerns for energy efficiency, real-time performance, and data security motive novel solutions. In this paper, we present a brain-inspired spiking neural network (SNN) based Human-Robot Auditory Interface, namely HuRAI. The HuRAI integrates the voice activity detection, speaker localization and voice command recognition systems into a unified framework that can be implemented on the emerging low-power neuromorphic computing (NC) devices. Our experimental results demonstrate superior modeling capabilities of SNNs, achieving accurate and rapid prediction for each task. Moreover, the energy efficiency analysis reveals a compelling prospect, with up to three orders of magnitude energy savings, over the equivalent artificial neural networks that running on the state-of-the-art Nvidia graphics processing unit (GPU). Therefore, integrating the algorithmic power of large-scale SNN models and the energy efficiency of NC devices offers an attractive solution for real-time, low-power robotic applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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