The role of optic flow pooling in insect flight control in cluttered environments

J Lecoeur, M Dacke, D Floreano, E Baird - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Flight through cluttered environments, such as forests, poses great challenges for animals
and machines alike because even small changes in flight path may lead to collisions with …

Collision avoidance system and method for unmanned aircraft

F Kunzi, A Kehlenbeck, D Rogers, M Sardonini… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
An obstacle-avoidance system for a vehicle, the obstacle avoidance system may comprise: a
communication device; a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors configured to detect …

Dynamic collision-avoidance system and method

F Kunzi, D Rogers, T Mckenna - US Patent 10,062,294, 2018 - Google Patents
An obstacle-avoidance system for a vehicle, the obstacle-avoidance system may comprise:
a communication device; a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors configured to detect …

Autonomous vehicle navigation system and method

J Paduano, T Mckenna - US Patent 9,880,006, 2018 - Google Patents
An autonomous vehicle is improved with a navigational system having both cameras and
echolocation sensors, each including overlapping fields of view. The cameras and …

[PDF][PDF] Optic flow based visual guidance: from flying insects to miniature aerial vehicles

N Franceschini, F Ruffier, J Serres, S Viollet - Aerial vehicles, 2009 - amu.hal.science
Insects and birds have been in the sensory-motor control business for more than 100 million
years. The manned aircraft developed over the last 100 years rely on a similar lift to that …

Adaptive sense and avoid system

T Dawson-Townsend - US Patent 11,037,453, 2021 - Google Patents
An adaptive sense and avoid system for use with an aerial vehicle in an environment, the
adaptive sense and avoid system comprising a processor, a plurality of sensors, an obstacle …

A method for collision free navigation of non-holonomic 3D robots in unknown tunnel like environments

AV Savkin, C Wang - 2017 IEEE International Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A non-holonomic 3D robot or autonomous vehicle with a bounded control input travels in a
complex unknown tunnel like 3D environment. We propose a 3D navigation strategy to …

[PDF][PDF] Algoritmos de controle aplicados a estabilizaçao do voo de um quadrotor

EB Costa - 2012 - repositorio.ufjf.br
O objetivo deste trabalho é comparar dois algoritmos de controle dos ângulos de rolagem e
arfagem de um controlador, para estabilizaçao da aeronave em vôo. Para executar essa …

Bio-inspired model for robust motion detection under noisy conditions

RSA Brinkworth, DC O'Carroll - The 2010 International Joint …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The neuronal pathway for biological motion vision is complex and non-linear. Despite
considerable research effort it has defied accurate modelling for over 50 years. Recently we …

[PDF][PDF] Boucles visuo-motrices biomimétiques pour le pilotage automatique de micro-aéronefs

F Ruffier, J Serres, G Portelli… - … Nationales de la …, 2009 - jnrr09.lms.sp2mi.univ-poitiers.fr
Les insectes ailés ont résolu des problemes ardus tels que la stabilisation du vol, l'évitement
d'obstacles en 3D, la poursuite de cibles, la navigation, l'odométrie et l'atterrissage sans …