https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2024/02/01/crowdsourced-geospatial-data-will-mean-seismic-shift-151462 <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:10:51 +0000 sb admin 151462 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/02/10/first-artificial-enzyme-two-non-biological-groups-created-151440 <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:34:27 +0000 sb admin 151440 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/01/29/ai-will-revolutionize-dna-evidence-once-we-can-trust-results-151428 <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:23:20 +0000 sb admin 151428 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/18/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-falling-synopsis <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:09:00 +0000 esiegel 37136 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/13/5-nasa-photos-that-changed-the-world-synopsis <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:00:50 +0000 esiegel 37130 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/01/double-comments-of-the-week-178-from-point-particles-to-the-very-first-galaxies-of-all <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Sun, 01 Oct 2017 05:48:31 +0000 esiegel 37117 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/09/30/ask-ethan-why-dont-we-build-a-telescope-without-mirrors-or-lenses-synopsis <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:06:44 +0000 esiegel 37116 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/2017/09/29/what-is-biotech <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:51:40 +0000 finchtalk 69987 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/26/future-farms-will-be-run-by-robots <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:45:51 +0000 gregladen 34534 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/esiegel/2017/09/20/how-much-fuel-does-it-take-power-world-37105 <span>Insect-Inspired Robotics: Designing Intelligent Machines With the Help of Moths and Dragonflies </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/wp-content/blogs.dir/448/files/2012/04/i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg" alt="i-fb387563fd014a8ee10e34cd863d6384-Chalrs Higgins Photo.jpg">Electrical engineer and neurosciences researcher Charles Higgins sees a time in the future when scientists will design robots that have the powerful vision of a moth or dragonfly, or even have such insects built in them directly to carry out phenomenal tasks involving sight and motion detection. Science fiction, you say? While Charles does admit to a healthy penchant for such flicks as Star Trek, Terminator, The Matrix and Source Code, his cutting-edge research today is steadily turning insect-inspired robotics into reality -- work that is helping scientists harness and apply the electrical impulses of brain to machine. Progress in this realm, for example, has implications for developing better computerized prosthetics to help people who are paralyzed or have lost their limbs to regain function by enhancing their ability to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts.</p> <p>This technology might also one day lead to development of machines that can see and smell the world just as living things do. In such pursuits, Charles and other researchers have been working to exploit the eyesight of insects with the ability (honed through millions of years of evolution) to see and detect motion in superior ways.</p> <p>Charles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience with a dual appointment in Electrical Engineering at the University of Arizona where he is also leader of the Higgins Lab. Though he started his career as an electrical engineer, his fascination with the natural world has led him to study insect vision and visual processing, and to try to meld together the worlds of robotics and biology.</p> <p>If you could, what kind of an insect-inspired robot would you create and why?</p> <p>Read more about Charles <a href="http://">here</a>.</p> <p>Watch this video with Charles and learn more about his fascinating work with bio-electronic systems.</p> <iframe width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrghNJYQNlY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/kcollins" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>kcollins</a></span> <span><time datetime="2011-07-08T04:00:00-04:00" title="Friday, July 8, 2011 - 04:00">Fri, 07/08/2011 - 04:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/department-neuroscience-university-arizona" hreflang="en">Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/dragonflies" hreflang="en">dragonflies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/higgins-lab" hreflang="en">Higgins Lab</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/insect-inspired-robotics" hreflang="en">Insect-inspired robotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/moths" hreflang="en">Moths</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/nifty-fifty-speaker-charles-higgins" hreflang="en">Nifty Fifty speaker Charles Higgins</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:01:15 +0000 esiegel 37105 at https://scienceblogs.com