Look at the tuna robot as it controls a school of fish in an environmental disaster

Scientists showed a model of an underwater biomorphic tuna robot, its main purpose is to control the movement of shoals

fish in the event of an environmental disaster. The development reproduces the principles of movement, navigation and interaction with living organisms in the natural environment, as intended by nature itself.

Scientists also paid attention to the creation of AI for the robot: this is necessary in order to make independent decisions, because there is no GPS system under water.

Develop any hardware and software complex,be it a scooter or an airplane is quite difficult. In our case, this problem has already been solved by nature itself, including from the point of view of energy consumption and functionality. We just need to correctly copy the algorithm - create a digital twin of a living organism. But how laborious it is to create absolute copies without knowing the source code! For example, we know that fish swim this way and not otherwise in order to minimize the loss of their energy. But how does she use the resources of her body? This is what we have to find out. 

Viktor Kazantsev, leading researcher at the Center for Neurotechnologies and Machine Learning, IKBFU

On the one hand, the development of such a robot will helpscientists expand fundamental knowledge, study the mechanics of movement of living organisms, principles of energy consumption optimization, decision-making systems, etc. On the other hand, it will allow for environmental monitoring, management of biological resources and monitoring of specific objects under water. 

The prototype of the tuna robot shown by the IKBFU scientists can already independently move not only along a straight trajectory, but also turn.

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