Regulate Flight Altitude.
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Insect Vision: A Few Tricks to Regulate Flight Altitude.
Prof. Dario Floreano (LIS - Laboratory of Intelligent Systems) comments a recent study shedding light on the visual cues used by Drosophila to regulate flight altitude. The striking similarity with previously identified steering mechanisms provides a coherent basis for novel models of vision-based flight control in insects and robots.