Bumblebees land rapidly and robustly using a sophisticated modular flight control strategy

Summary: When approaching a landing surface, many flying animals use visual feedback to control their landing. Here, we studied how foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) use radial optic expansion cues to control in-flight decelerations during landing. By analyzing the flight dynamics of 4,672 lan...

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Main Authors: Pulkit Goyal, Antoine Cribellier, Guido C.H.E. de Croon, Martin J. Lankheet, Johan L. van Leeuwen, Remco P.M. Pieters, Florian T. Muijres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221003758