Monday, June 7, 2010

follow the leader, leader, leader, leader...

not entirely sure why but i find this utterly fascinating... 

Why would fish follow a robot?

NYU (US) -- Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathmatics to build robots tat lead schooling fish.

Someday, Maurizio Porfiri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at NYU’s Polytechnic Institute, hopes the robots could lead fish away from the turbines of power plants.

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