Landing strategies in honeybees and applications to uninhabited airborne vehicles

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-110

  Chahl, J S ^a   Srinivasan, M V ^b   Zhang, S W ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Insect vision; Landing; Optic flow; UAV

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; LANDING; MOTION CONTROL; OPTICAL FLOWS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

BIOMIMETICS; INSECT VISION; UNINHABITED AIRBORNE VEHICLES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 1242308856     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904041320     Document Type: Article

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