Like a fish out of water? Israeli team trains goldfish to drive
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Goldfish steer vehicle
Goldfish are capable of navigating on land, Israeli researchers have found, after training fish to drive.
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Robotic car
The team at Ben-Gurion University developed an FOV - a fish-operated vehicle. The robotic car is fitted with lidar, a remote sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to collect data on the vehicle's ground location and the fish's whereabouts inside a mounted water tank.
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Controlling the vehicle
A computer, camera, electric motors and omni-wheels give the fish control of the vehicle.
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Driving lessons
Six goldfish, each receiving around 10 driving lessons, took part in the study. Each time one of them reached a target set by the researchers, it was rewarded with food. And some goldfish are better drivers than others.
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Cognitive capability
Showing that a fish has the cognitive capability to navigate outside its natural environment of water can expand scientific knowledge of animals' essential navigation skills.