Original paper
Aerodynamic imaging by mosquitoes inspires a surface detector for autonomous flying vehicles
Abstract
Sensing surfaces like a mosquito Although sonar or lidar are used by autonomous vehicles to detect nearby objects, these approaches incur significant equipment and signal-processing costs. Nakata et al. show that mosquitos detect surfaces using the flow fields caused by the movement of their own wings (see the Perspective by Young and Garratt). Near surfaces, there are small changes in the pressure and velocity that mosquitos can detect using...
Paper Details
Title
Aerodynamic imaging by mosquitoes inspires a surface detector for autonomous flying vehicles
Published Date
May 7, 2020
Journal
Volume
368
Issue
6491
Pages
634 - 637