Comparison of live stimuli and 3D printed replicas: preference tests for zebrafish

Tommaso Ruberto; Giovanni Polverino; Maurizio Porfiri

doi:10.1117/12.2257365

17 April 2017 Comparison of live stimuli and 3D printed replicas: preference tests for zebrafish

Tommaso Ruberto, Giovanni Polverino, Maurizio Porfiri

Proceedings Volume 10162, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2017; 101620N (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257365
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

In recent years, robots have emerged as relevant means for studying individual and social behavior, providing highly customizable and controllable instruments for a wide number of behavioral investigations. As zebrafish is gaining momentum among laboratory animals, several robotics-based paradigms have been proposed to study its complex behavior. However, previous studies have failed to report attraction toward robotic stimuli, comparable with live conspecifics. Here, we investigate this aspect in a within-subject experiment by testing zebrafish and comparing the attraction toward a live conspecific and a 3D-printed replica in binary-choice preference tests. We find that zebrafish have an analogous appraisal for live and robotic stimuli in preference experiments.

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Tommaso Ruberto, Giovanni Polverino, and Maurizio Porfiri "Comparison of live stimuli and 3D printed replicas: preference tests for zebrafish", Proc. SPIE 10162, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2017, 101620N (17 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257365

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