Researchers Teach Robots Deception by Mimicking Squirrels
Georgia Tech researchers Ronald Arkin and Alan Wagner pose with
robots that have been trained to deceive each other by studying
the behavior of squirrels trying to protect their food stash.
The work funded by the Office of Naval Research could eventually
be used by the US military. (Source: Georgia Tech) In my
coverage of robots, it always interests me how researchers try
to mimic the natural world to create robots not just for
movements, but also for artificial intelligence. Squirrels are a
clever choice for this type of deceptive behavior. True! It's
kind of like art imitates life imitates art...so here, robots
imitate nature imitate robots...? Actually, I suppose since it's
humans teaching robots how to think, perhaps we project our
robotic tendencies onto the machines themselves... Thanks for
this fun article, Elizabeth! Biomimetics has long been an
intriguing area of research. Quorum Sensing in bacteria is one
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