| Richard Adhikari 04/29/14 7:17 AM PT | |
 | Experiments with praying mantises fitted with tiny 3D glasses eventually could lead to a new generation of more efficient robots or to other as yet unimagined applications. Mantises appear to be physically optimized for 3D vision. Their triangular heads maximize the 3D vision baseline; they have a binocular overlap of more than 70 degrees; and they have forward-facing fovea. [More...] |
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