Insect Behaviour: Controlling Flight Altitude with Optic Flow

Barbara Webb

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.008

Insect Behaviour: Controlling Flight Altitude with Optic Flow

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124 - 125
Number of pages	2
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.008
Publication status	Published - 2007

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