Modeling visual-based pitch, lift and speed control strategies in hoverflies.

To avoid crashing onto the floor, a free falling fly needs to trigger its wingbeats quickly and control the orientation of its thrust accurately and swiftly to stabilize its pitch and hence its speed. Behavioural data have suggested that the vertical optic flow produced by the fall and crossing the...

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Main Authors: Roman Goulard, Jean-Louis Vercher, Stéphane Viollet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5780187?pdf=render