Neuroscience of electric fish gives jolt to advances in machine learning at West Virginia University

Don't be shocked!

"... a team of researchers in a four-year study of unsupervised continual machine learning, applying the results of experiments on electric fish to the development of software that will allow a robot to learn to navigate different terrains unaided. ...
Electric fish enter the picture because they “generate an electric field around their bodies to navigate, similar to bats’ sonar,” ... The field generated by the electric fish involved in this study isn’t strong enough to shock anything, but it allows the fish to sense objects and movement: rocks, weeds, prey, predators. ..."

Neuroscience of electric fish gives jolt to advances in machine learning at WVU