tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778696325538569526.post4003031736302697558..comments2012-08-24T14:58:21.690-07:00Comments on Paws and Tales: A Veterinarian's Journey: I Never Thought I'd Own A ClickerRachel Blackmer, DVMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07345944607409047221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778696325538569526.post-53613300552344687272010-07-10T05:55:01.334-07:002010-07-10T05:55:01.334-07:00A few years back, I was out to the marine science ...A few years back, I was out to the marine science lab at Nahant, near Boston, and there was a cool gu named Ayers who had a robotic "lobster" undergoing trials with the U.S. Navy. A prototype was on display in a tank. He'd been working on mimicking behavior in robots of sea creatures like dolphins, etc. - in particular movement and sensory systems. He mentioned clickers as one thing he'd tested as a control device for the robots, based I believe on the language of dolphins. Besides sound he was developing optical and and olfactory sensing mechanisms ....to better find explosives.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132210955443078469noreply@blogger.com