Drone Obstacle Avoidance System Inspired By Mosquito Night Navigation

摘要

Recent research published in Science(Nakata et al.2020)has shown that mosquitos detect surfaces using the flow fields caused by the movement of their own wings and have translated this process into a collisio-avoidance approach for detecting surfaces near a flying quadcopter. The research was carried out by an international team of scientsts.led by Professor Richard Bomphey at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC)in Lodon.Their research studied the sensory mechanism of the male Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito to mimic the insect's ability to detect obstacles using airflow.