A new line of robots has been developed to detect whether artificial whiskers may help a rodent transverse. UK's Bristol Robotics Laboratory's 'Shrewbot' has been inspired by the Etruscan shrew - one of the world's tiniest mammals - scientists wanted to find out if a robot could explore its environment using touch instead of vision, just as rats, mice and shrews find food in the dark. Team leader Martin Pearson, who works at the Biotact project, told CNN ...Sunday, 29 December 2013
Space Robots Take Inspiration from Rodents and Coffee!
A new line of robots has been developed to detect whether artificial whiskers may help a rodent transverse. UK's Bristol Robotics Laboratory's 'Shrewbot' has been inspired by the Etruscan shrew - one of the world's tiniest mammals - scientists wanted to find out if a robot could explore its environment using touch instead of vision, just as rats, mice and shrews find food in the dark. Team leader Martin Pearson, who works at the Biotact project, told CNN ...
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