Month: October 2012
First flight of new prototype
We have finished the construction of our new prototype! Weighing only 1340 g it is super stable and easy to control!
Robobee in German TV!
Robobee honored as one of ten outstanding projects in Germany!
“Die Ausstellung »Von der Idee zur Erkenntnis« stellt herausragende Forschungsprojekte vor, die von der DFG im Rahmen der Einzelförderung unterstützt werden. Exemplarisch zeigen sie die Vielfalt aktueller Forschungsthemen und die kreativen Lösungswege, die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler mit ihren Arbeiten beschreiten.”… Continue Reading
BeesBook: Analysis of Social Networks in Honeybee Colonies
Bees have amazing cognitive capabilities. The scouts explore and learn the terrain and build up a highly detailed neuronal representation of the surrounding environment. Once back in the hive, locations are communicated to others by translating location information into body… Continue Reading
NeuroCopter: Biomimetic Flying Platform for the Investigation of Honeybee Navigation
NeuroCopter is a joint project of the Biorobotics Lab and the Neuroinformatics group at Free University Berlin. Our goal is to control an autonomously flying robot with a brain simulation. We want to develop the neural control architecture for “high-level” tasks such as learning, memory and navigation.… Continue Reading
RoboFish: Robotic Fish Swarms for the Analysis of Collective Behavior
Suppose a school of fishes suddenly turns. Who initated this turn? Was this leading fish acting first because of the topology of the swarm, him being closest to the cue? Or do individuals exist with a higher probability of leading?… Continue Reading
RoboBee: Analysis of the Honeybee Dance Communication System
Upon her return from a foraging flight a bee might behave quite strangely: she throws her body from side to side moving wildly over the comb surface. Others attend this performance and – after a little while – show up… Continue Reading
BioTracker: An Open-Source Video Tracking Framework for the Analysis of Animal Behavior
We are close to publishing a C++ framework for the development of computer vision tracking systems. Stay tuned!