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The RoboMoth: Optomotor response test

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Friday, 02 November 2007 19:48

In this video, you can actually see the RoboMoth robot turn when the moth sees visual motion. This is possible because we have coupled the vision system of the moth directly to the robot.

2016

Feb 29 2016 - "Biomimetic Visual Navigation" (Projects)
Feb 29 2016 - "How Sci-Fi Robotic Gear May Help Older Workers" by Chris Farrell, Forbes Magazine/NextAvenue.org (Magazines)
Feb 29 2016 - "Neural Network Visual Binding" (Projects)

2012

Oct 18 2012 - "Tracking improves performance of biological collision avoidance models" by Vivek Pant and Charles M. Higgins (Journal papers)
Feb 09 2012 - "Researchers study bee brains to develop flying robots" by Sharon Gaudin, Computer World (Magazines)

2011

Oct 14 2011 - "Interview on internet radio's "Future Theater" hosted by Bill Birnes" by Bill Birnes (Radio interviews)
Jan 18 2011 - "Insect-Machine Interfacing" by Timothy Melano (Theses)

2009

Aug 24 2009 - "Robo-moth is created in UA lab" by David Morales, Examiner.com (Online)

2008

Oct 15 2008 - "The Mothbot" (Projects)
May 12 2008 - "Moving toward more lifelike artificial limbs: 'Robo-moth' hybrid, squid's beak show promise for improving prostheses" by Bryn Nelson, MSNBC.com (Online)
Apr 15 2008 - "UA Wins 2008 Intel Robotics Challenge" by UA News (Online)
Apr 14 2008 - "UA tops ASU in robot clash" by Ashley Waggoner, UofA Daily Wildcat (Newspapers)
Apr 12 2008 - "Robot security guards strut their stuff" by Michelli Murphy, Arizona Daily Star (Newspapers)
Apr 08 2008 - "UA to Compete in Intel Corp's Robot Challenge" by UA News (Online)
Mar 27 2008 - "Leading-Edge Researchers Lauded at Innovation Day" by La Monica Everett-Haynes (Online)
Mar 18 2008 - "Innovation Day Celebrates Technology and Research Achievements" by UA News (Online)
Mar 09 2008 - "The cyborg animal spies hatching in the lab" by Jessica Marshall, New Scientist (Magazines)
Mar 08 2008 - "Cyborg insects" (Videos)
Feb 16 2008 - "Robot - Le bestie mitologiche del futuro sono gia qui" by Andrea Porta, Focus Magazine (Magazines)
Jan 19 2008 - "Scientists use monkey's brain signals to control robot" by Sharon Gaudin, Computer World (Magazines)

2007

Dec 16 2007 - "Mothbot" by Dainik Jagran (Largest Read Daily of India) (Newspapers)
Dec 11 2007 - "Moth-based Robot May Lead to 'Hybrid' Computers" by Sharon Gaudin, Computer World (Magazines)
Dec 04 2007 - "Hybrid animal computers to tip up within twenty years: Run for your lives" by Nick Farrell (Online)
Nov 16 2007 - "UA Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain" by UA News (Online)
Nov 15 2007 - "Simple moth might command robot" by Dan Sorenson, Arizona Daily Star (Newspapers)
Nov 13 2007 - "Robo-Moth goes Gizmoz" (Videos)
Nov 10 2007 - " Scientific American News: Bytes of the Week" by Scientific American (Magazines)
Nov 09 2007 - "slate.com: William Saletan, "Animal brains in robotic bodies"" by Slate.com (Online)
Nov 09 2007 - "Living brain in powerful robot body tech goes live" by Lewis Page, The Register (Newspapers)
Nov 08 2007 - "Futuresheet.com: "'Robo-moth' melds insect, machine"" by Futuresheet.com (Online)
Nov 08 2007 - "Switched.com: ""Robo-Moth" Gives Hope to Amputees"" by Switched.com (Online)
Nov 08 2007 - "Engadget.com: "Robo-moth can't flap, still likes flames"" by Engadget (Online)
Nov 07 2007 - "Gizmodo.com: "Buggy Bot: Robo-Moth Hooks Up Insect's Brain to a Robot"" by Gizmodo 2007 (Online)
Jul 07 2007 - "Scientists put moth on wheels and let the robotic times roll" by Denise Gellene, Los Angeles Times (Newspapers)

2006

Dec 18 2006 - "A Mobile Electrophysiology Board for Autonomous Biorobotics" by Leslie I. Ortiz (Theses)
May 01 2006 - "Engineering College Accomplishments Lauded at da Vinci Circle Gathering" by UA News (Online)

2005

Nov 18 2005 - "Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Filters for Infrared Target Detection" by Anusha Muthu-Natarajan (Theses)
Aug 18 2005 - "Insect Inspired Looming-Based Depth Estimation" by Lise A. Johnson and C. M. Higgins (Conference abstracts)
Jul 19 2005 - "Rigging robots: it's a girl thing" by Arizona Daily Star (Newspapers)
Jan 25 2005 - "Mixing Biology and Electronics to Create Robotic Vision" by Arizona Engineer (Magazines)

2004

Dec 18 2004 - "An Elaborated Model of Fly Small Target Tracking" by Charles M. Higgins and Vivek Pant (Journal papers)
Dec 16 2004 - "Flight of the Insecti-Blimp" (Videos)
Dec 01 2004 - "Assistant prof hopes to give robots vision" by Arizona Daily Wildcat (Newspapers)

2002

Oct 18 2002 - "Airborne Visual Navigation using Biomimetic VLSI Vision Chips" by C. M. Higgins (Technical reports)

2001

Aug 26 2001 - "Electric Eye" by New Scientist Magazine (Magazines)
May 30 2001 - "A Neuromorphic Vision Processor for Spatial Integration of Optical Flow" by Charles M. Higgins and Shaikh A. Shams (Conference abstracts)
Apr 18 2001 - "Sensory architectures for biologically-inspired autonomous robotics" by C. M. Higgins (Journal papers)

2000

Dec 18 2000 - "Stereoscopic Vergence Control and Horizontal Tracking Using Biologically Inspired Filters" by Michael Anthony Schwager (Theses)

1997

Aug 15 1997 - "Real-Time Analog VLSI Sensors for 2-D Direction of Motion" by R. A. Deutschmann, C. M. Higgins, and C. Koch (Conference papers)

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