233. Reading a Fish’s Mind to Build Smarter Robots

from The Next Byte · host Farbod Moghaddam, Daniel Scott Mitchell

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In this episode, we cover how scientists mapped zebrafish brains when swimming and used that map to power a real robot fish. The robot can hold its position in flowing water using vision alone, revealing new neuron types, and proving biology can teach robots to move smarter.

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