熊蜂在视觉引导着陆时补偿侧风的不利影响
Pulkit Goyal1, Johan L van Leeuwen1, Florian T Muijres1
1Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
The Journal of experimental biology
|March 20, 2024
概括
熊蜂通过交替悬空和更快的飞行来适应侧风中的着陆策略,尽管有风,但保持着陆时间. 这揭示了对昆虫飞行控制和机器人导航的洞察力.
科学领域:
- 动物行为和生物力学
- 航空航天工程和机器人技术
背景情况:
- 飞行动物,包括昆虫,在视觉引导着陆时经常面对风.
- 风对昆虫在着陆时的飞行控制策略的具体影响仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究侧风对熊蜂 (Bombus terrestris) 的降落性能和感觉运动控制的影响.
- 了解大黄蜂如何调整飞行控制以弥补着陆机动期间的风力.
主要方法:
- 使用高速立体视频摄影,记录了大黄蜂在风洞中的19,421次着陆动作.
- 在六种不同的侧风速度进行了实验,范围从0到3.4米/秒.
- 控制理论被应用到分析着陆期间的传感运动控制循环.
主要成果:
- 熊蜂在较高风速下降的频率较低,但降落时间并没有因风而显著增加.
- 在侧风中,大蜂执行了更多的悬浮动作,以抵消向下风的漂移,这是一个关键的适应.
- 尽管增加了悬浮,但大黄蜂在悬浮阶段之外飞行速度更快,保持了整体着陆时间.
结论:
- 熊蜂采用动态的飞行策略,交替悬浮和更快的飞行,在有风的情况下成功着陆.
- 该策略将空气动力学和机械传感反与视觉控制相结合,有效地抵消风对着陆时间的不利影响.
- 这些发现为在具有挑战性的环境中运行的自主机器人着陆控制系统提供了潜在的灵感.
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