ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2016
How do field of view and resolution affect the information content of panoramic scenes for visual navigation? A computational investigation.
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- Ant visual route navigation: How the fine details of behaviour promote successful route performance and convergence.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Lateralised memory networks may explain the use of higher-order visual features in navigating insects.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- I2Bot: an open-source tool for multi-modal and embodied simulation of insect navigation.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- A Review of Cervidae Visual Ecology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- CompoundRay, an open-source tool for high-speed and high-fidelity rendering of compound eyes.eLife · 2022Article
- Opponent processes in visual memories: A model of attraction and repulsion in navigating insects' mushroom bodies.PLoS computational biology · 2020Article
- Bumblebee visual allometry results in locally improved resolution and globally improved sensitivity.eLife · 2019Article
- Rotation invariant visual processing for spatial memory in insects.Interface focus · 2018Article
- Quantifying navigational information: The catchment volumes of panoramic snapshots in outdoor scenes.PloS one · 2017Article
- Autonomous Visual Navigation of an Indoor Environment Using a Parsimonious, Insect Inspired Familiarity Algorithm.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
The visual systems of animals have to provide information to guide behaviour and the informational requirements of an animal's behavioural repertoire are often reflected in its sensory system. For insects, this is often evident in the optical array of the compound eye. One behaviour that insects share with many animals is the use of learnt visual information for navigation. As ants are expert visual navigators it may be that their vision is optimised for navigation. Here we take a computational approach in asking how the details of the optical array influence the informational content of scenes used in simple view matching strategies for orientation. We find that robust orientation is best achieved with low-resolution visual information and a large field of view, similar to the optical properties seen for many ant species. A lower resolution allows for a trade-off between specificity and generalisation for stored views. Additionally, our simulations show that orientation performance increases if different portions of the visual field are considered as discrete visual sensors, each giving an independent directional estimate. This suggests that ants might benefit by processing information from their two eyes independently.
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