Insect Behaviour: Controlling Flight Altitude with Optic Flow

Webb, Barbara

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February 2007

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.008

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Elsevier Ltd.

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0960-9822

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Abstract

Insects can smoothly control their height while flying by adjusting lift to maintain a set-point in the ventral optic flow. The efficacy of this simple flight-control mechanism has been demonstrated using a robot helicopter

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