Researchers Used Locust Brains to Substantially Improve Self-Driving Cars

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Researchers Used Locust Brains to Substantially Improve Self-Driving Cars
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, its appearance becomes larger and this excites the approached locust's LGMD. The second signal monitors the rotational velocity of the approaching locust relative to the approached locust.

And this is exactly what makes these insects stand out. They have two different means of detecting and reacting to potential collisions. Thanks to their eerie eye shape, locusts have a quite wide field of vision. So they share the role of supplying the LGMD with the required input, one handles the seeing part while the other calculates the relative rotational velocity.

The team tested the system in a simulated environment. It worked, the car was able to detect collisions before they could happen, but due to the limited depth and rotational perception, the car was unable to decide which way to move to avoid collision.Now, the researchers are planning to expand their stimuli environment to react to different objects via conditioning the system to different speed, rotation, and light intensity configurations.

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