NEURAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING VISUAL CONTROL OF FLIGHT IN HONEYBEES

最近对自由飞行的蜜蜂的行为研究揭示了蜜蜂调节飞行速度、避免与障碍物碰撞、协调平稳着陆和估计飞行距离的新原理。这是一项研究介导这些行为的神经机制的建议。研究结果将为飞行控制和导航的机制提供新的见解，并为自主飞行器的制导提出创新的、受生物学启发的策略，并应用于国防和行星探索。

Recent behavioural studies of freely flying bees have uncovered novel principles by which bees regulate flight speed, avoid collisions with obstacles, orchestrate smooth landings and estimate distance flown. This is a proposal to investigate the neural mechanisms that mediate these behaviours. The results will provide new insights into the mechanisms subserving flight control and navigation, as well as suggest innovative, biologically inspired stratagems for the guidance of autonomous aerial vehicles, with applications in national defence and planetary exploration.