Echolocating bats achieve a surprising amount of autonomy primarily based on sonar sensing. In order to use insights from biosonar function to improve technical designs, it is necessary to understand the biosonar tasks (e.g., obstacle avoidance, prey capture, navigation), which provide the context for this function. To facilitate the study of these tasks, a system was designed, which combines the following aspects: It allows for interaction with the real world and mobility by mounting a sonarhead with 6 rotational degrees of freedom on a mobile platform. At the same time the system is capable of displaying the output of a parsimonious auditory model at an appropriate update-rate.
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