Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photoni...Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photonic reservoir computing(PRC)system based on silicon-integrated micro-ring resonators(MRRs)was demonstrated for UAV flight direction recognition,achieving an accuracy of 95.6%.The proposed PRC exhibits short-term memory effects,enabling the detection of subtle changes in flight direction.The PRC operates at the MHz-rate with milliwatt-level power consumption,enabling photonic edge computing with high speed and energy efficiency,providing UAVs the potential to make decisions autonomously and avoid external interference when operating in extreme environments.展开更多
基金supported by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major ProjectNational Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2021YFB2802000 and 2022YFB2804300)+4 种基金the Shanghai Frontiers Science Center Program(2021-2025No.20)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.21DZ1100500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61975123 and 62305217)the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Program(No.23JC1403100)the Shanghai Pujiang Programme。
文摘Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photonic reservoir computing(PRC)system based on silicon-integrated micro-ring resonators(MRRs)was demonstrated for UAV flight direction recognition,achieving an accuracy of 95.6%.The proposed PRC exhibits short-term memory effects,enabling the detection of subtle changes in flight direction.The PRC operates at the MHz-rate with milliwatt-level power consumption,enabling photonic edge computing with high speed and energy efficiency,providing UAVs the potential to make decisions autonomously and avoid external interference when operating in extreme environments.