Academe Invents 'Brain' for Navy Robots
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U.S. and Russian scientists developed
Office of Naval Research project sponsor Tom McKenna said the controller emulates
the part of the brain that governs balance and limb movement. A spokesman explained
the controller “can be used to replicate not only the human body’s
ability to carry out complex maneuvers, but also, for example, the wing control
of birds and insects as they adjust their angles in flight.”
The Navy is testing the controller on a mobile autonomous research vehicle,
McKenna said. It will attempt to guide the craft in and out of a docking tube.