A Bionic Camera-Based Polarization Navigation Sensor

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 7; pp. 13006 - 13023
• Main Authors: Wang, Daobin, Liang, Huawei, Zhu, Hui, Zhang, Shuai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.07.2014; MDPI
• Subjects: Advanced manufacturing technologies; Algorithms; Animals; bionic navigation; Bionics; Bionics - instrumentation; Bionics - methods; Calibration; camera based; Cameras; Cataglyphis; Compasses; Compensation; Deserts; Formicidae; Geographic Information Systems - instrumentation; Humans; Inertial navigation; Light; Navigation; Navigation systems; Noise; Noise reduction; Polarization; polarization measurement; Sensors; China

Navigation and positioning technology is closely related to our routine life activities, from travel to aerospace. Recently it has been found that Cataglyphis (a kind of desert ant) is able to detect the polarization direction of skylight and navigate according to this information. This paper presen...