INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN DESERT ANT NAVIGATION

作     者：JUN GAO LEI WANG MEI BO ZHIGUO FAN 

作者机构：Institute of Intelligent Machines Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei Anhui 230031 P. R. China School of Computer and Information Hefei University of Technology Hefei Anhui 230009 P. R. China Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 P. R. China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Information Acquisition》 

年 卷 期：2006年第3卷第1期

页      面：33-43页

学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Desert ant (Cataglyphis) information acquisition path integration visual navigation bionic robot 

摘      要：Desert ant (Cataglyphis) is famous for its ability in navigation. In deserts with very few visual and odor information, the ant can return to its den almost along a straight line after foraging away in a distance of much more than thousands of times longer than its body length. Several kinds of information must be acquired during its trip, and the most important two are: path integration and visual navigation. Path integration is achieved by using sky light compass based on polarized light and odometer, while visual navigation relies on landmark based memory and matching. In this paper, a survey of research work on desert ant navigation from the viewpoint of information acquisition and fusion is presented, as well as the application of these kinds of information to navigate robots, especially bionic robots cruising in strange environment.