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Remote-controlled robots engaged in such ISR operations have mobility issues such as climbing walls and entering narrow spaces, while mice show endurance in such tasks and the knowledge of their pleasure points as food-based stimuli, he said. Allows us to encourage the mission by giving. (Image: DRDO website)
DRDO’s Young Scientist Laboratory (DYSL-AT) director P Siva Prasad said the rat cyborg would have cameras mounted on its head and would be guided using electronic commands through semi-invasive brain electrodes.
A team from the Defense Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Young Scientists Laboratory, a premier research and development facility, is making “rat cyborgs” to help security forces conduct intelligence surveillance and recovery operations, an official said here.
DRDO’s Young Scientist Laboratory (DYSL-AT) director P Siva Prasad said after a session that the cyborg rats would have cameras mounted on their heads and would be guided using electronic commands through semi-invasive brain electrodes. World Science Congress here on Thursday.
“this is the first time India engaged in the development of such technology. Some foreign nations already have it. It will help the armed forces in Intelligence Surveillance and Recovery (ISR) operations. Phase 1 trials, in which the rat will be controlled through operator commands, are underway,” he said.
“In Phase 2, scientists can feed images into a head-mounted camera to actually find the rat cyborg. An example of its use could be a situation like the 26/11 terrorist attack in which more than 200 rooms in a hotel were to be discovered,” Prasad said.
Remote-controlled robots engaged in such ISR operations have mobility issues such as climbing walls and entering narrow spaces, while mice show endurance in such tasks and the knowledge of their pleasure points as food-based stimuli, he said. Allows us to encourage the mission by giving.
“In Phase 1, electrodes will need to be implanted in the brain of mice, while in Phase 2, we will go for wireless transmission. We have used three to four mice for the laboratory tests,” he said.
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