Having a localization algorithm based on place fields isn't quite the same as "thinking like a rodent."<br><br>That said, I wonder what's so novel about this research that's been responsible for it has been getting so much press recently... It's not like it's the first time somebody's used place fields for robot navigation:
<br><br><a href="http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pubs/pub_1873.html">http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pubs/pub_1873.html</a><br><a href="http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040120">http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040120
</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:kevin@kevinfreels.com">kevin@kevinfreels.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:kevin@kevinfreels.com">kevin@kevinfreels.com</a>> wrote:
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http://www.24x7updates.com/articles/20070705/robot_with_simulated_rat_brain_thinks_it_s_a_rodent-id-106439.html</a></div>
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<div>Thought this was interesting. The big question of course, is that if this robot thinks and acts like a rodent and you can't tell the behaviour apart, does it qualify for the sames humane treatment we are supposed to give to animals?
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