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Detailed explanation-1: -Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) took inspiration from desert ants, which are extraordinary solitary navigators, to design the AntBot. Ants use polarised light and ultraviolet radiation to locate themselves in space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Researchers at CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, in the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement – Étienne Jules Marey (ISM), were inspired by these ants as they designed the first walking robot that can move without GPS: AntBot. AntBot can explore its environment randomly and go home automatically, without GPS or mapping.

Detailed explanation-3: -Researchers were inspired by these ants as they designed AntBot, the first walking robot that can explore its environment randomly and go home automatically, without GPS or mapping. This work opens up new strategies for navigation in autonomous vehicles and robotics. Desert ants are extraordinary solitary navigators.

Detailed explanation-4: -That’s when SRI International in Silicon Valley developed Shakey, the first truly mobile and perceptive robot. This tower on wheels was well-named-awkward, slow, twitchy. Equipped with a camera and bump sensors, Shakey could navigate a complex environment.