Lobster Robots
Dr. Joseph Ayers of Northeastern University and the Marine Science Center has been performing research in biomimetic underwater robots. He has been working on two types of robots: a lobster and a sea lamprey.
More info can be found here: http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/2007/03/24/biomimetic-underwater-robots/
Posted under biomimetic, locomotion, neuroscience, research
This post was written by admin on September 19, 2008
Mark Hammond a PhD Research Assistant in Kevin Warwick’s Cybernetics Lab at Reading University recently developed a robot that uses 300,000 neurons to assist it in navigation. These cortical neurons were cultured and exposed to 80 electrodes connected to a computer and interfaced to the robot. These electrodes are monitored for regions that are responding coherently to the incoming electrical stimuli. Above is a video.
The New Scientist article is here.
Posted under cyborgs, neuroscience
This post was written by admin on August 31, 2008
