Biomimetic Polarized Light Navigation Sensor: A Review

S Li, F Kong, H Xu, X Guo, H Li, Y Ruan, S Cao, Y Guo - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A polarized light sensor is applied to the front-end detection of a biomimetic polarized light
navigation system, which is an important part of analyzing the atmospheric polarization …

AntBot: A six-legged walking robot able to home like desert ants in outdoor environments

J Dupeyroux, JR Serres, S Viollet - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
Autonomous outdoor navigation requires reliable multisensory fusion strategies. Desert ants
travel widely every day, showing unrivaled navigation performance using only a few …

An ant-inspired celestial compass applied to autonomous outdoor robot navigation

J Dupeyroux, S Viollet, JR Serres - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Desert ants use the polarization of skylight and a combination of stride and ventral optic flow
integration processes to track the nest and food positions when traveling, achieving …

Intelligent bionic polarization orientation method using biological neuron model for harsh conditions

C Shen, Y Wu, G Qian, X Wu, H Cao… - … on Pattern Analysis …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed an intelligent innovative orientation method to improve the accuracy of
polarization compasses in harsh conditions: weak skylight polarization patterns resulting …

Design and calibration model of a bioinspired attitude and heading reference system based on compound eye polarization compass

X Liu, J Yang, L Guo, X Yu, S Wang - Bioinspiration & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Insects such as honeybees are capable of fusing the information sensed by multiple sensory
organs for attitude and heading determination. In this paper, inspired by the sensory fusion …

An adaptive anti-disturbance navigation method for polarized skylight-based autonomous integrated navigation system

Q Dou, T Du, Z Qiu, S Wang, J Yang - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
In satellite-denied confrontation or unstructured environments, the navigation performance
of the GPS will be severely restricted or even deceived. The SINS/polarization navigation …

Review of air moving target detection technology under environmental disturbance

R Weihe, Z Yue, S Yun, Z Xuemin, D Hongyan… - Infrared and Laser …, 2022 - irla.cn
Air moving targets such as stealth moving targets and high-speed aircraft have caused
serious threats to the national security of all countries in the world, the detection of stealth …

Polarized skylight compass based on a soft-margin support vector machine working in cloudy conditions

H Liang, H Bai, N Liu, X Sui - Applied Optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The skylight polarization pattern, which is a result of the scattering of unpolarized sunlight by
particles in the atmosphere, can be used by many insects for navigation. Inspired by insects …

Linear solution method of solar position for polarized light navigation

H Jin, X Wang, Z Fan, N Pan - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It'sa key issue in the research of polarized light navigation to obtain the solar position
information efficiently and accurately by using the polarized skylight pattern. But existing …

Computer Vision Techniques Demonstrate Robust Orientation Measurement of the Milky Way Despite Image Motion

Y Tao, A Perera, S Teague, T McIntyre, E Warrant… - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Many species rely on celestial cues as a reliable guide for maintaining heading while
navigating. In this paper, we propose a method that extracts the Milky Way (MW) shape as …