Embodied linearity of speed control in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 77, 2012, Pages 3260-3267

  Medici, V ^a   Fry, S N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SciTrackS GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Behaviour; Drosophila melanogaster; Flight control; Insect flight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMIMETICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); SPEED CONTROL; VIDEO RECORDING;

ACCELERATION RESPONSE; AERODYNAMIC MECHANISM; BEHAVIOUR; BIOMIMETIC IMPLEMENTATION; BODY ANGLE; CONTROL PRINCIPLE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLIGHT SPEED; FRUITFLIES; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIGH SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY; INSECT FLIGHT; PITCH ANGLE; POSTURE CONTROL;

FREE FLIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLYING; KINEMATICS; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WIND;

EID: 84868560985     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0527     Document Type: Article

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