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Huai-Ti's new research and new blog
My name is Huai-Ti Lin, and I am an experimental biologist and a bio-inspired roboticist currently based at Harvard University (Concord Field Station). I was formally involved with development of soft robotics at Tufts University during my Ph.D years. You can check out my doctoral research at my former blog.
My primary research interest is emerging intelligence in biomechanics. For example, I am fascinated by how animals develop robust locomotion in different environments using simple patterns and minimal feedback. I am also intrigued by how different sensory inputs shape animal behaviors and intelligence. Currently I occupy myself in the question of visual guidance in flying animals. In particular, I have the fortune to work with some pigeons from our animal facility at Harvard.
Pigeons are very robust birds which have adapted to the cluttered urban environment. They are also very capable of carrying weight. Many pigeons perform vertical take-off routinely. In my current project, I challenge the birds with different obstacle arrays (as resembled by the artificial pole forest). By tracking the 3D flight trajectories pigeons take, we hope to extract some control principles in close-range navigation and obstacle avoidance. Various sensors have been mounted on the bird to collect critical information about flight maneuvers. Among the telemetry components, a CMOS camera captures the pigeons' frontal view. We are indeed, trying to get a bird's eye view of this navigation problem.
Pigeons are very robust birds which have adapted to the cluttered urban environment. They are also very capable of carrying weight. Many pigeons perform vertical take-off routinely. In my current project, I challenge the birds with different obstacle arrays (as resembled by the artificial pole forest). By tracking the 3D flight trajectories pigeons take, we hope to extract some control principles in close-range navigation and obstacle avoidance. Various sensors have been mounted on the bird to collect critical information about flight maneuvers. Among the telemetry components, a CMOS camera captures the pigeons' frontal view. We are indeed, trying to get a bird's eye view of this navigation problem.
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