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H-V complete map of the right eye of female musca domestica obtained with our GRACE system. See how the horizon (anterior and posterior) requires less sensors than the dorsal and ventral regions.
Wonder how the insects map the world? First, imagine an unitary sphere. Secondly, build a machine capable of scanning such a sphere. Finally, put an eye of an insect inside your imaginary sphere and voilà!
Obviously, the process is more complicated than that. Nonetheless, it is a complex problem that is about to be solved.
Both, biologists and air- and spacecraft designers will benefit from our results since our model is one of the most accurate representations of the insect's angles of attack. Such model could explain neurological connections in insects eyes, and could finally break the paradigms of navigation and vision of modern systems.
See an introduction to the system in the videos below.
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Publications
Fonseca Aguilar, O, Muñoz Arias, M & Stavenga, D 2019, GRACE Project: model-based control of a nonlinear actuator. in Benelux Meeting of Systems and Control. 2019 edn, KU Leuven, Lommel, Belgium, 38th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2019, Lommel, Belgium, 19/03/2019.
Muñoz-Arias, M., Douglass, J.K., Wehling, M.F., Stavenga, D.G., 2021, Automated charting of the visual space of insect compound eyes, via ArXiv.
In the news
"Estudiante de Electrónica viaja a Holanda para colaborar con escáner robótico que analiza los ojos de artrópodos", 2017, via Hoy en el Tec, 17 Mar 2017.
"TEC en los medios: Trabajo de estudiante para analizar ojo de la mariposa destaca en la prensa", 2016, via Hoy en el Tec, 07 Sep 2016
"Tico ayuda a espiar ojo de mariposa para imitar su visión", 2016, via La Nación, 07 Sep 2016.
"Estudiante de Electrónica viajará a Holanda para ayudar con escáner a estudiar ojo de la mariposa", 2016, via Hoy en el Tec, 17 Ago 2016.
"Estudian las características del ojo de la mariposa para mejorar los sistemas de visión artificial y navegación", 2015, via Dicyt, Agencia Iberoamericana para la para la Difusión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 15 Dec 2015.
"Proyecto de graduación estudia ojo de la mariposa", 2015, via Hoy en el Tec, 17 Nov 2015.
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