Human operators were able to steer the Ratbots through the obstacle course as if they were guiding intelligent robots,said Sanjiv Taiwar,a researcher at the State University of New York,who helped to run the study,published in the journal Nature.

• 沙吉夫·塔尔沃是纽约州立大学的研究员，他帮助管理这项发表在《自然》期刊上的研究。他说操作人员能够指导老鼠机器人通过超越障碍训练场，就像指导智能机器人一样。