Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view: Pigeons can inform navigation technology design

Friday, July 1, 2011 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

New research on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests may lead to new developments in robotics and auto-pilots. Scientists trained pigeons to fly through an artificial forest with a tiny camera attached to their heads, literally giving a birds-eye view.

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