Vision serves as an essential sensory input for insects but consumes substantial energy
resources. The cost to support sensitive photoreceptors has led many insects to develop
high visual acuity in only small retinal regions and evolve to move their visual systems
independent of their bodies through head motion. By understanding the trade-offs made by
insect vision systems in nature, we can design better vision systems for insect-scale robotics
in a way that balances energy, computation, and mass. Here, we report a fully wireless …