An autonomous agent navigating with a polarized light compass

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-161

  Lambrinos, Dimitrios ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Pfeifer, Rolf ^a   Maris, Marinus ^a   Labhart, Thomas ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomous agents; Polarization vision; Robot navigation; Skylight compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CATAGLYPHIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; COMPASS INFORMATION; DESERT; HOMING; NAVIGATION SYSTEM; POLARIZED LIGHT;

AFRICA, (NORTH);

EID: 0031396651     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971239700600104     Document Type: Article

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