Military researchers eye electro-optical sensors with machine learning algorithms for defense applications:
Military researchers eye electro-optical sensors with machine learning algorithms for defense applications: ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are asking industry to develop a new kind of camera and digital signal processing to enable intelligent electro-optical sensors for tactical military applications. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., issued a broad agency announcement on Friday (HR001121S0001) for the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program. DARPA FENCE seeks to develop and demonstrate a low-latency, low-power, event-based camera and a new class of digital signal processing and machine learning algorithms that use combined spatial and temporal information to enable intelligent sensors for tactical military applications . Neuromorphic describes silicon circuits that mimic brain operation; it exhibits low latency, sparse output , and extreme...