The present invention discloses an autonomous neuromorphic drone system (100) and its method. The system comprises an aerialplatform (102), a neuromorphic sensor suite (104), a neuromorphic processing unit (106), a neuromorphic reflex control module (108),a cognitive mission control module (110), a safety governor module (112), and a flight controller (114). The aerial platform includesan airframe, a propulsion system and at least one electronic speed controller. The neuromorphic sensor suite (104) comprises one ormore event-based vision sensor (116) configured to generate asynchronous event data representing pixel-level brightness changes withassociated timestamps, and at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) (118) configured to generate motion and orientation data. Theneuromorphic processing unit (106) operatively coupled to the neuromorphic sensor suite (104). The flight controller (114) isconfigured to receive validated and safety bounded control commands from the safety governor and to generate motor control signalsto the propulsion system.
Jena et al. (Fri,) studied this question.