Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars.
We have investigated how birds avoid mid-air collisions during head-on encounters. Trajectories of birds flying towards each other in a tunnel were recorded using high speed video cameras. Analysis and modelling of the data suggest two simple strategies for collision avoidance: (a) each bird veers t...
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| author | Ingo Schiffner Tristan Perez Mandyam V Srinivasan |
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| description | We have investigated how birds avoid mid-air collisions during head-on encounters. Trajectories of birds flying towards each other in a tunnel were recorded using high speed video cameras. Analysis and modelling of the data suggest two simple strategies for collision avoidance: (a) each bird veers to its right and (b) each bird changes its altitude relative to the other bird according to a preset preference. Both strategies suggest simple rules by which collisions can be avoided in head-on encounters by two agents, be they animals or machines. The findings are potentially applicable to the design of guidance algorithms for automated collision avoidance on aircraft. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-393c0572d64f42f9a2ab43b16f2fff202022-12-22T01:50:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01119e016243510.1371/journal.pone.0162435Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars.Ingo SchiffnerTristan PerezMandyam V SrinivasanWe have investigated how birds avoid mid-air collisions during head-on encounters. Trajectories of birds flying towards each other in a tunnel were recorded using high speed video cameras. Analysis and modelling of the data suggest two simple strategies for collision avoidance: (a) each bird veers to its right and (b) each bird changes its altitude relative to the other bird according to a preset preference. Both strategies suggest simple rules by which collisions can be avoided in head-on encounters by two agents, be they animals or machines. The findings are potentially applicable to the design of guidance algorithms for automated collision avoidance on aircraft.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5040264?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Ingo Schiffner Tristan Perez Mandyam V Srinivasan Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. PLoS ONE |
| title | Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. |
| title_full | Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. |
| title_fullStr | Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. |
| title_short | Strategies for Pre-Emptive Mid-Air Collision Avoidance in Budgerigars. |
| title_sort | strategies for pre emptive mid air collision avoidance in budgerigars |
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