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Volume 47 Issue 8, August 2018

Meet the mimics

Ethology has a new tool. Robots are becoming an important part of study with several different groups from around the world constructing models of everything from insects to mammals in the hopes of understanding and ultimately modifying animal behavior.

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  • A human can’t easily infiltrate another species’ social group to examine and influence what makes the animals tick. But the right robot can open up a clever way in.

    • Alla Katsnelson

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