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'Robofish' Schools the Rest

Posted by timothy on from the you-gotta-license-for-that? dept.

schliz writes "Biologists from the University of Leeds have built a computer-controlled replica of a three-spined stickleback fish to study how the behavior of individual fish might influence the movement of others. The so-called 'Robofish' was able to recruit single fish into a group, and cause fish in groups of up to ten to turn in the same direction as itself. The researchers claim that Robofish is the first robotic fish to 'interact convincingly' with a school of fish and convince the whole group to make a sharp turn."

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  1. Re:Traditional fishing by dominious · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyway, with this kind of setup, this can not be used in the open ocean.

    The point of this work was to study the behaviour of fish. Now that we know the behaviour, we can go on and build a better robot.

  2. Re:Skynet's inspiration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Faith is trust without experience.

  3. Re:Excel? by sentientbeing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Firstly they had to Disable all mackerels without notification

    Macros. I meant macros.

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  4. Re:I can use my fingers by FuckingNickName · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fish don't like it when you anthropomorphise. Are "curiosity" and "pack behaviour" so distinguishable?

    Anyway, drive by a road accident and ask the same question of humans.