Researcher uses bat-inspired design to develop new approach to sound location
The findings were published in Nature Machine Intelligence by Mueller and a former Ph.D. student, lead author Xiaoyan Yin. "I have long admired bats for their uncanny ability to navigate complex natural environments based on ultrasound and suspected that the unusual mobility of the animal's ears might have something to do with this," said Mueller. A new model for sound location Bats navigate as they fly by using echolocation, determining how close an object is by continuously emitting sounds and listening to the echoes. Ultrasonic calls are emitted from the bat's mouth or nose, bouncing off ...