# Neurons Close the Loop from Insect Perception to Action

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Podcast: [EE Times Current](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ee-times-current-709434)
Published: 2025-09-09T13:36:21+00:00
Episode link: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/148363765/
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## Resource

Professor Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland​ uses physical robots to validate neural mechanisms in crickets, ants, and bees. In this episode of Brains and Machines , she talks to Dr. Sunny Bains of University College London about her work. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D’Angelo from the Czech Technical University in Prague and Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Hopkins University.

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