From insects to robots: how brains make predictions and ignore distractions

该项目旨在解决神经科学中的基本问题，并将这种生物学理解与前沿机器人技术的发展相结合。无论是人类接球，还是在蜂群中觅食，大脑都具有预测移动目标未来位置的非凡能力。大脑预测在分心的存在，即使目标消失，例如，当隐藏在另一个对象。该项目将研究大脑如何利用环境和内部信息来选择目标并预测其未来位置。通过在硬件中实施生物启发计算，该项目旨在提供显著的好处，例如改善国防，健康和运输的自主系统。

This project aims to address fundamental questions in neuroscience and to integrate this biological understanding with the development of leading-edge robotics. Whether a human catching a ball or a dragonfly feeding in a swarm, brains have the remarkable ability to predict the future location of moving targets. The brain predicts in the presence of distractions and even if the target disappears, for example, when hidden behind another object. This project will investigate how brains use both environmental and internal information to select a target and predict its future location. By implementing bio-inspired computations in hardware, this project aims to provide significant benefits such as improving autonomous systems for defence, health and transportation.