Robots Inspired By Animals - Business Insider: "Ten Robots That Were Inspired By Animals
The Week | Oct. 7, 2012, 12:04 PM | 1,856 |
The Robot Turtle
Roboticists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed a mechanized sea turtle, dubbed "Naro-Tartaruga."
The aluminum explorer bot, unlike its slow-poke real-life cousins, is actually quite speedy, swimming robot
elegantly through the water at 6.6 feet per second. "This thing could kick some butt," says Alyssa Danigelis at Discovery News. "All that's missing is a ninja eye mask."
Here, nine other robots inspired by animals.
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BBC News - Bee brains help to make robots smarter
BBC News - Bee brains help to make robots smarter: "Bee brains help to make robots smarter
Studying how bees sense the world could help robots become more autonomous
The way that bees smell and see is being studied in a £1m project to produce a simulation of the insect's sensory systems.
The simulated bee brain will then be used by a flying robot to help it make decisions about how to navigate safely.
Robots that emerge from the research project could help in search and rescue missions or work on farms mechanically pollinating crops.
The researchers, which involves scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex, aims to create models of the neural systems in a bee's brain that helps it make sense of what it sees and smells.
The working model of the sensory systems will then be used in a robot to see if it can move around the world with the sophistication of a honey bee."
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Studying how bees sense the world could help robots become more autonomous
The way that bees smell and see is being studied in a £1m project to produce a simulation of the insect's sensory systems.
The simulated bee brain will then be used by a flying robot to help it make decisions about how to navigate safely.
Robots that emerge from the research project could help in search and rescue missions or work on farms mechanically pollinating crops.
The researchers, which involves scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex, aims to create models of the neural systems in a bee's brain that helps it make sense of what it sees and smells.
The working model of the sensory systems will then be used in a robot to see if it can move around the world with the sophistication of a honey bee."
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