Locust vision robot. Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) sitting on a version of the Khepera robot, with a researcher in the background. This robot

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Locust vision robot. Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) sitting on a version of the Khepera robot, with a researcher in the background. This robot is designed to avoid collisions with looming objects. The circuitry that it uses to do this is based upon studies of the locust's nervous system. Photographed at the University of Newcastle, UK.

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Photo credit: © SIMON FRASER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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