Scientists train goldfish to drive a fish-operated vehicle

[anorlunda]

I'm speechless. Presumably other PF members won't be.

https://arstechnica.com/science/202...-drive-and-navigate-terrestrial-environments/

 

[Borg]

Coming soon, Cars 4 - Driving Nemo.

 

[DaveC426913]

Can I get this as a skin for GTA 6?

 

[anorlunda]

How about Fuber -- Fish uber ?

 

[Borg]

Wouldn't they have to be trained to use an app?

 

[anorlunda]

Wouldn't they have to be trained to use an app?

The FOV is, in essence, a fish tank on wheels. Unlike the rat-mobile, there are no physical controls for the fish to learn to use. Instead, a downward-looking camera tracks the fish's position in the tank. If the fish is near one of the tank walls and is facing outward, the fish-control algorithm (which runs on an onboard Raspberry Pi 3B+) will move the FOV in that direction. A lidar sensor on the same mast overrides the fish control algorithm if the FOV comes within 20 cm of the walls of the terrestrial environment, a 4x3 meter enclosure.

and here's the video

 

[Borg]

Interesting. I found a very similar video from 2014. Looks like it might be the same group.

 

[jedishrfu]

In WW2, there work on using pigeons to direct a mob to a target:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon?wprov=sfti1

in the movies, there was Project X where chimps were taught to fly nuclear bombers since they had no notion of nuclear radiation and would fly until they die

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_(1987_film)

and let’s not forget the Shaggy Dog

 

[256bits]

Sounds kinda fishy!

Did they do a comparison if a random walk would be just as successful.

 

[anorlunda]

Too bad they are not making new episodes of The Big Bang Theory. I'm sure they could have had fun with a mobile fish tank. Perhaps with Sheldon in the tank.

 

[jedishrfu]

Another article on the achievement

https://gizmodo.com/not-to-alarm-anyone-but-scientists-taught-goldfish-to-1848302575