Mechanical Creatures Try to Mingle
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
To learn more about how animals communicate, researchers are developing robotic copies capable of signaling real-world creatures, then analyzing how the non-battery-powered respond. Most recently, Hampshire College researcher Sarah Partan, for example, has been working with a mechanical squirrel she calls Rocky. read more
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