Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Researchers study bee brains to develop flying robots

Computerworld – University researchers are studying the brains of honey bees in an attempt to build an autonomous flying robot.

By creating models of the systems in a bee’s brain that control vision and sense of smell, scientists are hoping to build a flying robot that can do more than carry out pre-programmed instructions. This robot would be able to sense and act as autonomously as a bee.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield and the University of Sussex in the U.K. are teaming up to take on what they call one of the major challenges of science today – building a robot with artificial intelligence good enough to perform complex tasks as well as an animal can.

If that’s possible, the flying robot would be able to use its “sense of smell” to detect gases or other odors and then home in on the source.

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