Scientists teach goldfish to drive robotic car and show they can successfully navigate on land
Navigational ability in animals could be universal rather than specific to the environment, study suggests
Vishwam Sankaran
11 hours ago
Scientists have taught a goldfish to drive a robotic car in an experiment to assess its innate navigational abilities and further explore animal behaviour.
The robotic driving setup built by scientists from Ben-Gurion University in Israel consists of a set of wheels under a goldfish tank with a camera system to record and translate the fish’s movements into forward, back and side-to-side directions to the wheels.
In the study, published last month in the journal Behavioural Brain Research, they tested whether the fish could navigate by placing a clearly visible target on the wall opposite the tank.
Since navigation plays an important role in the animal kingdom, the scientists wanted to explore if there are universal properties independent of species, ecology and brain structures.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/goldfish-robotic-car-animal-behaviour-b1989468.html
