Insect Vision: A Few Tricks to Regulate Flight Altitude

• Published in: Current Biology (ISSN: 0960-9822), vol. 20, num. 19, p. R847-R849
• Elsevier, 2010

A recent study sheds new light on the visual cues used by Drosophila to regulate flight altitude. The striking similarity with previously identified steering mechanisms provides a coherent basis for novel models of vision-based flight control in insects and robots.

Keywords: Drosophila-Melanogaster ; Compound-Eye ; Fly ; Orientation ; Navigation ; Honeybees ; System

Reference

• EPFL-ARTICLE-153406
• doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.022
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