We have developed a visually based autopilot which is able to make an air vehicle
automatically take off, cruise and land, while reacting appropriately to wind disturbances …

When insects are flying forward, the image of the ground sweeps backward across their
ventral viewfield and forms an" optic flow," which depends on both the groundspeed and the …

This paper addresses some basic questions as to how vision links up with action and serves
to guide locomotion in both biological and artificial creatures. The thorough knowledge …

In the framework of our research on biologically inspired microrobotics, we have developed
a visually based autopilot for micro air vehicles (MAV), which we have called OCTAVE …

Neurobiological and neuroethological findings on insects can be used to design and
construct small robots controlling their navigation on the basis of bio-inspired visual …

We have developed a visually based autopilot which is able to make a micro air vehicle
(MAV) automatically take off, cruise and land, while reacting adequately to wind …

Two bio-inspired guidance principles involving no reference frame are presented here and
were implemented in a rotorcraft, which was equipped with panoramic optic flow (OF) …

Flying insects use the optic flow to navigate safely in unfamiliar environments, especially by
adjusting their speed and their clearance from surrounding objects. It has not yet been …

To further elucidate the mechanisms underlying insects' height and speed control, we
trained outdoor honeybees to fly along a high-roofed tunnel, part of which was equipped …

Real-time vision-based navigation is a difficult task largely due to the limited optical
properties of single cameras that are usually mounted on robots. Multiple camera systems …