How are we as people able to navigate so well? We are a species of wanderers, after all, whose abilities of navigation have been finely tuned for over 200,000 years. According to neuroscientists, our ability to navigate has to do with two neurons which help us (and other animals) to geolocate naturally – “grid” cells and “place” cells.

Keeping that in mind, researchers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have recently announced success in digitally simulating these brain cells and use them on robots. The results: like a human, these robots began showing signs of natural navigation skills!