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Insect-Inspired Visual Navigation for Flying Robots

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2016)

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This paper discusses the implementation of insect-inspired visual navigation strategies in flying robots, in particular focusing on the impact of changing height. We start by assessing the information available at different heights for visual homing in natural environments, comparing results from an open environment against one where trees and bushes are closer to the camera. We then test a route following algorithm using a gantry robot and show that a robot would be able to successfully navigate a route at a variety of heights using images saved at a different height.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to the anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions. This work was funded by the Newton Agri-Tech Program RICE PADDY project (no. STDA00732). AP also received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 308943.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Andrew Philippides, Nathan Steadman & Christopher Walker

  2. School of Life Sciences, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Alex Dewar & Paul Graham

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  1. University of Bristol , Bristol, United Kingdom

    Nathan F. Lepora

  2. Universitat Pompeu Fabra , Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Mura

  3. University of Lincoln , London, United Kingdom

    Michael Mangan

  4. Universitat Pompeu Fabra , Barcelona, Spain

    Paul F.M.J. Verschure

  5. Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Marc Desmulliez

  6. University of Sheffield , Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Tony J. Prescott

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Philippides, A., Steadman, N., Dewar, A., Walker, C., Graham, P. (2016). Insect-Inspired Visual Navigation for Flying Robots. In: Lepora, N., Mura, A., Mangan, M., Verschure, P., Desmulliez, M., Prescott, T. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9793. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_24

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