title: What We Can Learn from Artificial Lateral Line Sensor Arrays.
abstract: The lateral line system of fish is important for many behaviors, including spatial orientation, prey detection, intraspecific communication, and entraining. With aid of the lateral line, fish perceive minute water motions. The smallest sensory unit of the lateral line is the neuromast, which occurs freestanding on the skin and in fluid-filled canals. We have built artificial lateral line canal systems that can be used to measure spatiotemporal flow patterns. Those patterns can, for instance, be used to distinguish between different environments and upstream objects.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115, Bonn, Germany. adrian@uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115, Bonn, Germany. felixkaldenbach@uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaldenbach
authors.affiliation: Section U4-Animal Ecology, Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (Federal Institute of Hydrology), 56068, Koblenz, Germany. ruter@bafg.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rüter
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115, Bonn, Germany. bleckmann@uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bleckmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs; D053403:Lateral Line System / Q000502:physiology*; D012212:Rheology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
keywords: Biomimetic; Lateral line; Mechanosensory; Object discrimination; Sensor