Spiking Neural Network Control of a Flapping-Wing Robot on Resource-Constrained Hardware

arXiv:2605.19430 · cs.RO · Submitted 2026-05-19 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-05-19

Updated: 2026-09-23

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• PID Controller — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Central Pattern Generator — 3× in this paper
• Reinforcement Learning — 3× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Closed-Loop Control — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Generalization — 2× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Leaky Integrate-and-Fire — 2× in this paper
• Proximal Policy Optimization — 2× in this paper
• Actor — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Artificial Neural Network — 1× in this paper
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmarking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Energy Efficiency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation — 1× in this paper
• Imitation Learning (IL) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Inertial Measurement Unit — 1× in this paper
• Institute for AI Industry Research — 1× in this paper
• Loss Function — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Model Predictive Control (MPC) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Pulse-Width Modulation — 1× in this paper
• Recursive Least-Squares — 1× in this paper
• Regret — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Reinforcement Learning (RL) — 1× in this paper · explained in 25 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle — 1× in this paper

Sources

• A Deep Inverse-Mapping Model for a Flapping Robotic Wing
• A 26-Gram Tailless Butterfly-Inspired Flapping-Wing Robot with Onboard Attitude Control

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