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Researchers Learning From The Brainy Bats Of Borneo VIRGINIA TECH News: Virginia Tech researchers have teamed up with international partners to create a state-of-the-art image capture tunnel that will provide a new level of insight in the field of biomotion. Combining the efforts of faculty and student teams, their project has yielded more than $800,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation to continue the work. The effort is led by mechanical engineering Professor Rolf Mueller, who has been studying the biosonar and motion behaviors of bats for more than two decades. While working in partnership with other schools around the world to observe a wide array of species, he has grown increasingly curious about the role that bat flight plays in enabling the animal’s autonomous capabilities. ....