Fear Factor For Fish: A Mix Of Robots And Alcohol
- April Flowers for Red Orbit August 1st, 2013
- Source: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112912883/robots-alcohol-strike-fear-zebrafish-080113/
An international team of scientists has shown bio-inspired robots can not only elicit fear in zebrafish, but that this reaction can be modulated by alcohol. These findings, published in PLoS ONE, are the latest in a series of experiments designed to test the ability of robots to influence live animals.