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AntBot robot
February 22 , 2019
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- Scientists claim to have developed the first walking robot that can explore its environment and find its way home without GPS or mapping.
- Its opening new avenues for the navigation of autonomous vehicles.
- Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) took inspiration from desert ants, which are extraordinary solitary navigators, to design the AntBot.
- Ants use polarised light and ultraviolet radiation to locate themselves in space.
- AntBot copies the desert ants’ exceptional navigation capacities, allowing it to explore without using Global Positioning System (GPS).
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