{"id":1787,"date":"2019-04-06T08:49:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognav.net\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2019-04-06T08:49:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:49:06","slug":"insect-inspired-robots-dont-need-gps-for-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/?p=1787","title":{"rendered":"Insect-Inspired Robots Don&#8217;t Need GPS For Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Brains on Board&#8217; project is a collaboration between several British universities in partnership with the Human Brain Project and seeks to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u2018translate\u2019 the brains of ants and bees into algorithms that a machine will understand<\/strong><\/span>. Its aim is to <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">create equally efficient robots that can be used for rescue, space exploration and terrain analysis.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 891px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sos-ch-dk-2.exo.io\/public-website-production\/filer_public\/fb\/43\/fb433711-a5fc-4c2a-84c2-ef2bd8caf331\/beebotv2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sos-ch-dk-2.exo.io\/public-website-production\/filer_public\/fb\/43\/fb433711-a5fc-4c2a-84c2-ef2bd8caf331\/beebotv2.jpg\" width=\"891\" height=\"698\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.humanbrainproject.eu\/en\/follow-hbp\/news\/these-insect-inspired-robots-don-t-need-gps-for-orientation\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They are looking for simple<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> robots that can work in environments where GPS does not work<\/span><\/strong>. The project\u2019s intention is <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to create small machines, with simple sensors that do not require much computing effort<\/span><\/strong>, so that they can operate \u201cfor hours\u201d without the battery being a problem. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As efficient and flexible \u201cas a bee looking for food\u201d<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For further info, please read the full report &#8216;These Insect-Inspired Robots Don&#8217;t Need GPS For Orientation&#8217; on\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanbrainproject.eu\/en\/follow-hbp\/news\/these-insect-inspired-robots-don-t-need-gps-for-orientation\/\">Human Brain Project website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Video:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/science-environment-43879589\/ant-like-robots-navigate-without-gps\">Ant-like robots navigate without GPS<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Brains on Board&#8217; project is a collaboration between several British universities in partnership with the Human Brain Project and seeks to \u2018translate\u2019 the brains of ants and bees into algorithms that a machine will understand. Its aim is to create equally efficient robots that can be used for rescue, space exploration and terrain analysis. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300,126,114,96,346],"tags":[434,100,397,435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braininspirednavigation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}