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- Project_Pigeon abstract "During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for \"organic control\") was American behaviorist B.F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb.The testbed was the same National Bureau of Standards-developed, unpowered airframe that was later used for the US Navy's radar-guided \"Bat\" glide bomb, which was basically a small glider, with wings and tail surfaces, an explosive warhead section in the center, and a \"guidance section\" in the nose cone. The intent was to train pigeons to act as \"pilots\" for the device, using their cognitive abilities to recognize the target. The guidance system consisted of three lenses mounted in the nose of the vehicle, which projected an image of the target on a screen mounted in a small compartment inside the nose cone. This screen was mounted on pivots, and fitted with sensors that measured any angular movement.One to three pigeons, trained by operant conditioning to recognize the target, were stationed in front of the screen; when they saw the target, they would peck at the screen with their beaks. As long as the target remained in the center of the screen, the screen would not move, but if the bomb began to go off track, the image would move towards the edge of the screen. The pigeons would follow the image, pecking at it, which would move the screen on its pivots.The sensors would detect the movement and send signals to the control surfaces, which would steer the bomb in the direction the screen had moved. As the bomb swung back towards the target, the pigeons would again follow the image, bringing the screen back to the centered position again. In that way, the pigeons would correct any deviations in the course and keep the bomb on its glide path. Early electronic guidance systems use similar methods, only with electronic signals and processors replacing the birds in detecting the target and preventing deviation from the glide path.The National Defense Research Committee saw the idea to use pigeons in glide bombs as very eccentric and impractical, but still contributed $25,000 to the research. Skinner, who had some success with the training, complained \"our problem was no one would take us seriously.\"The program was canceled on October 8, 1944, because the military believed that \"further prosecution of this project would seriously delay others which in the minds of the Division have more immediate promise of combat application.\"Project Pigeon was revived by the Navy in 1948 as \"Project Orcon\"; it was canceled in 1953 when the reliability of electronic guidance systems was proven.".
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- Project_Pigeon wikiPageExternalLink top-secret-wwii-bat-and-bird-bomber-program.htm.
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- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Active_radar_homing.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Airframe.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Animal-borne_bomb_attacks.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Anti-tank_dog.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink B._F._Skinner.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Bat_(guided_bomb).
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Bat_bomb.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Behaviorism.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animal-borne_bombs.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_animals.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_animals_of_World_War_II.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_projects.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Missile_guidance.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Psychology_experiments.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_weapons_of_the_United_States.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Columbidae.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Ethology.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Guided_bomb.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Military_animal.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Missile_guidance.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink National_Defense_Research_Committee.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Operant_conditioning.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink Pigeon_intelligence.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Navy.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLink War_pigeon.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLinkText "Project Pigeon".
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLinkText "pigeon bomb".
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageWikiLinkText "pigeon to steer the missile".
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cite_book.
- Project_Pigeon wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Animal-borne_bombs.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Military_animals.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Military_animals_of_World_War_II.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Military_projects.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Missile_guidance.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:Psychology_experiments.
- Project_Pigeon subject Category:World_War_II_weapons_of_the_United_States.
- Project_Pigeon hypernym Attempt.
- Project_Pigeon type MilitaryConflict.
- Project_Pigeon type Science.
- Project_Pigeon type Vehicle.
- Project_Pigeon comment "During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for \"organic control\") was American behaviorist B.F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb.The testbed was the same National Bureau of Standards-developed, unpowered airframe that was later used for the US Navy's radar-guided \"Bat\" glide bomb, which was basically a small glider, with wings and tail surfaces, an explosive warhead section in the center, and a \"guidance section\" in the nose cone.".
- Project_Pigeon label "Project Pigeon".
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Q898068.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Projet_Pigeon.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs פרויקט_יונה.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Project_Pigeon.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs プロジェクト鳩.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Project_Duif.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs m.04bm4t.
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Голубь_(проект).
- Project_Pigeon sameAs Q898068.
- Project_Pigeon wasDerivedFrom Project_Pigeon?oldid=701779978.
- Project_Pigeon isPrimaryTopicOf Project_Pigeon.