Autonomous robots are expected to perform a wide range of sophisticated tasks in complex,
unknown environments. However, available onboard computing capabilities and algorithms …

Bee populations are declining in the industrialized world, raising concerns for the
sustainable pollination of crops. Pesticides, pollutants, parasites, diseases, and malnutrition …

A wide variety of insects use spatial memories in behaviours like holding a position in air or
flowing water, in returning to a place of safety, and in foraging. The Hymenoptera, in …

Animals travelling through the world receive input from multiple sensory modalities that
could be important for the guidance of their journeys. Given the availability of a rich array of …

Panoramic views offer information on heading direction and on location to visually
navigating animals. This review covers the properties of panoramic views and the …

When transitioning from in-nest duties to their foraging life outside the nest, ants perform a
series of highly choreographed learning walks around the nest entrance, before leaving to …

Nesting insects perform learning flights to establish a visual representation of the nest
environment that allows them to subsequently return to the nest. It has remained unclear …

At the beginning of their foraging lives, desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) are for the first time
exposed to the visual world within which they henceforth must accomplish their navigational …

Solitary foraging insects display stunning navigational behaviours in visually complex
natural environments. Current literature assumes that these insects are mostly driven by …

Many insects display lateral oscillations while moving, but how these oscillations are
produced and participate in visual navigation remains unclear. Here, we show that visually …