Robots Mimic Animal Homing: Scientists uncover how animals find their way back home
Path taken by the homing robot and a magnified view of the robot. Credit: Dr. Nitin Kumar

IIT Bombay researchers use a robot that mimics animal movements to study how homing animals efficiently return home without getting lost or being late

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Mumbai/ Sep 3, 2024

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Madhushri Mudke is a Ph.D scholar at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and a Zoological Society of London’s EDGE fellow. She loves to write on vivid topics like wildlife, feminism and health. Find her on social media @girlgonebirdzz.

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