The ability to learn the location of places in the world and to revisit them repeatedly is crucial
for all aspects of animal life on earth. It underpins animal foraging, predator avoidance …

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

For many robotics applications, it is desirable to have relatively low-power and efficient
onboard solutions. We took inspiration from insects, such as ants, that are capable of …

Ants, like many other animals, use visual memory to follow extended routes through complex
environments, but it is unknown how their small brains implement this capability. The …

In this paper we propose a model of visually guided route navigation in ants that captures
the known properties of real behaviour whilst retaining mechanistic simplicity and thus …

Ants are efficient navigators, guided by path integration and visual landmarks. Path
integration is the primary strategy in landmark-poor habitats, but landmarks are readily used …

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 …

Insect navigation is strikingly geometric. Many species use path integration to maintain an
accurate estimate of their distance and direction (a vector) to their nest and can store the …

Animals use information from multiple sources in order to navigate between goals [1]. Ants
such as Cataglyphis fortis use an odometer and a sun-based compass to provide input for …

Individual foraging ants are known to rely on views of their surroundings for route learning
and for pinpointing goals. Different strategies have been proposed to explain how ants might …