Remote turtle control

Last year, scientists successfully controlled the path of living cockroaches by stimulating their beard and sensory organs. Recently, researchers at the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAIST) have successfully controlled the turtles' paths remotely.

Like most creatures, turtles know how to change paths to avoid obstacles. Scientists have relied on this factor to influence individual 4 ever red-eared slider through "training". Each test is 10 minutes long, each turtles mounted on a servo motor, through which the scientists will control it remotely without the bundle of wires. The turtle will begin to move forward on the lab floor, where it will produce blind spots, shielding one's vision. The tortoise will automatically move in the opposite direction to avoid the barrier it recognizes. With the camera attached to the top to track each turtle and rotate the blind spot to one side or the other, the researchers found that it was possible to direct the tortoise to follow the given arc.

This project, which is designed to control unprocessed animals, can still be controlled through non-invasive devices. Animals are controlled to scout, probe, rescue ...

According to Gizmag, the next step is to miniaturize the device and apply it to a variety of animals for real-world behavior.