Downward Optic flow as the main altitude control cue

old_uid10364
titleDownward Optic flow as the main altitude control cue
start_date2015/11/26
schedule13h30
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summaryFlying insects are endowed with several sensory modalities, such as those mediating taste, touch, olfaction, color vision as well as optic flow. Robots equipped with a new autopilot based on just a couple of local downward optic-flow measurements are able to control their course without requiring a state vector describing their absolute speed and altitude. By applying optic flow criteria, these robots manipulate forces by the way of rotor speed and thus adjust their speed of flight, and their altitude without any state vector. This optic flow based steering control system makes them avoid obstacles even in unstable environments without any need for maps.
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