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Visual search and decision making in bees: time, speed and accuracy [PDF]
, 2006 An insect searching a meadow for flowers may detect several flowers from different species per second, so the task of choosing the right flowers rapidly is not trivial.
Chittka, L, Skorupski, P, Spaethe, J
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The study provides an extreme example of insect adaptation to highly toxic defenses of host plants, and investigates the complex strategies to resist carcinogenic aristolochic acids, including physical isolation, metabolic detoxification, and DNA repair.
Yang Luan +20 more
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Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects
Sensors, 2016 Several insect species pose a serious threat to different plant species, sometimes becoming a pest that produces significant damage to the landscape, biodiversity, and/or the economy.
Antonio Martí-Campoy +5 more
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Detecting Invasive Insects with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
, 2019 A key aspect to controlling and reducing the effects invasive insect species have on agriculture is to obtain knowledge about the migration patterns of these species.
Leskey, Tracy +6 more
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A computational study on the influence of insect wing geometry on bee flight mechanics
Biology Open, 2017 Two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is applied to better understand the effects of wing cross-sectional morphology on flow field and force production.
J. Feaster, F. Battaglia, J. Bayandor
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by nature's competitive maneuvers, this study introduces a combustion‐driven soft actuator that powers a multi‐modal “Jump‐and‐Fly Catbot” (JFC). With millisecond response, high‐force output (over 70 times its weight) and precise control (error within 5%), the robot can jump, fly, hover, and escape from challenging environments, achieving ...
Hongkuan Ma +4 more
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Body flexion effect on the flight dynamics of a hovering hawkmoth
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2014 The position and attitude controls of flapping wing flyers are challenging because of their inherent instabilities. Insects can cope with such difficulties by finely and quickly tuning their wing kinematics.
Ryusuke NODA, Toshiyuki NAKATA, Hao LIU
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Comparison of Encoding Properties of Campaniform Sensilla on the Fly Wing [PDF]
, 1990 The wing blade of the blowfly Calliphora vomitoria (L.) carries an array of campaniform sensilla which have previously been divided into slowly and rapidly adapting classes based on their responses to step indentations.
Dickinson, Michael H.
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The Waggle Dance as an Intended Flight: A Cognitive Perspective [PDF]
, 2019 The notion of the waggle dance simulating a flight towards a goal in a walking pattern has been proposed in the context of evolutionary considerations. Behavioral components, like its arousing effect on the social community, the attention of hive mates ...
Menzel, Randolf
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Insect and insect-inspired aerodynamics: unsteadiness, structural mechanics and flight control.
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2018 Flying insects impress by their versatility and have been a recurrent source of inspiration for engineering devices. A large body of literature has focused on various aspects of insect flight, with an essential part dedicated to the dynamics of flapping ...
R. Bomphrey, R. Godoy-Diana
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