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Honey bee brains could soon be helping robots act more independently.
The way that bees smell and see is being studied in a £1m project to produce a simulation of the insect's sensory systems.
The simulated bee brain will then be used by a flying robot to help it make decisions about how to navigate safely.
Robots that emerge from the research project could help in search and rescue missions or work on farms mechanically pollinating crops.
The research, which involves scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex, aims to create models of the neural systems in a bee's brain that helps it make sense of what it sees and smells.
The working model of the sensory systems will then be used in a robot to see if it can move around the world with the sophistication of a honey bee.
Dr James Marshall, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield co-ordinating the project, said simulating a brain was one of the "major challenges" of artificial intelligence.
Before now, he said, many of the attempts to recreate biological brains in silicon have focused on the cognitive systems found in humans, monkeys and mice.
Computer cluster"But," he said, "simpler organisms such as social insects have surprisingly advanced cognitive abilities."
Honey bees are well known for their unerring ability to find their way back to a colony or hive. They are believed to use the position of the sun as a reference point and can compensate for its movement across the sky when calculating the route they need to return home.
"Because the honey bee brain is smaller and more accessible than any vertebrate brain, we hope to eventually be able to produce an accurate and complete model that we can test within a flying robot," said Dr Marshall.
The models of the sensory systems will run on a cluster of powerful graphics cards that can carry out the calculations needed to simulate bee brains.
Many scientists have started using graphics cards as number-crunching engines because they are cheaper and easier to use than traditional supercomputers.
The research team hopes the simulated bee brain will produce a robot that can make decisions about what it senses rather than just carry out pre-programmed tasks.
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Question by ImScrewed: Why is "water" an important factor in looking for life? Whenever you see astronomers, they talk about how a certain planet must have water, a moon to cause tides, etc. Why does it have to be water? We're carbon based lifeforms, and we cannot live without water. What makes other possible lifeforms NEED water? Why not something else? We only base that other lifeforms need water because of what we see in our world (Earth). Other worlds may see something else as an essential requirement to host life. So, why is "water" an important factor in looking for life on other planets? Best answer for Why is "water" an important factor in looking for life?:
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Cuz Water can provide Oxygen and also it acts as a shield (magnetic field) to protect against solar radiation.
despite having no knowledge or education in much of things involving water, there is a very simple logical explenation u can think of that why water is important. if water was able to provide life for us, why cant it provide it for other planets?
It acts as an excellent solvent. Allowing many chemical reactions (which is what we believe would be necessary for life to develop). With its high heat capacity, its also an excellent energy transfer agent, buffering the temperature extremes which we would see without it.
Because here on Planet Earth, where there is NO water- there is no Life. So based on the Assumption that life can't exist without it; scientists look for water on a Planet BEFORE they start looking f or Life (saves alot of Time that way). :)
Hi. Because we have a mindset of "life as we know it".
Water is important because life needs a solvent in which chemical reactions can take place.. ammonia, HCl, HFL, or even liquid H2 mightb work but since water is a more stable less corrosive solvent it makes more sense.
well you're quite right. astronomers look for water because it is the only compound *known* to support life. actually there are good reasons to think that water is well suited to supporting life... but if hypothetical life is based on something else, they may not even be able to recognise it as life... so how could they look for it?
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