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Bio-inspired polarized skylight-based navigation sensors: a review.
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- From skylight input to behavioural output: A computational model of the insect polarised light compass.PLoS computational biology · 2019Article
- Polarized skylight-based heading measurements: a bio-inspired approach.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2019Article
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- Accuracy of the hypothetical sky-polarimetric Viking navigation versus sky conditions: revealing solar elevations and cloudinesses favourable for this navigation method.Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2017Article
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- North error estimation based on solar elevation errors in the third step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation.Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2016Article
- Real-time Imaging Orientation Determination System to Verify Imaging Polarization Navigation Algorithm.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Adjustment errors of sunstones in the first step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: studies with dichroic cordierite/ tourmaline and birefringent calcite crystals.Royal Society open science · 2016Article
- An evaluation of skylight polarization patterns for navigation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015Article
- A novel angle computation and calibration algorithm of bio-inspired sky-light polarization navigation sensor.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014Article
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Abstract
Animal senses cover a broad range of signal types and signal bandwidths and have inspired various sensors and bioinstrumentation devices for biological and medical applications. Insects, such as desert ants and honeybees, for example, utilize polarized skylight pattern-based information in their navigation activities. They reliably return to their nests and hives from places many kilometers away. The insect navigation system involves the dorsal rim area in their compound eyes and the corresponding polarization sensitive neurons in the brain. The dorsal rim area is equipped with photoreceptors, which have orthogonally arranged small hair-like structures termed microvilli. These are the specialized sensors for the detection of polarized skylight patterns (e-vector orientation). Various research groups have been working on the development of novel navigation systems inspired by polarized skylight-based navigation in animals. Their major contributions are critically reviewed. One focus of current research activities is on imitating the integration path mechanism in desert ants. The potential for simple, high performance miniaturized bioinstrumentation that can assist people in navigation will be explored.
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