Baddeley Bartholomew, Philippides Andrew, Graham Paul, de Ibarra Natalie Hempel, Collett Thomas, Husbands Phillip
Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Biol Cybern. 2009 Sep;101(3):169-82. doi: 10.1007/s00422-009-0327-4. Epub 2009 Jul 29.
In this paper, we provide an analysis of orientation flights in bumblebees, employing a novel technique based on simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) a probabilistic approach from autonomous robotics. We use SLAM to determine what bumblebees might learn about the locations of objects in the world through the arcing behaviours that are typical of these flights. Our results indicate that while the bees are clearly influenced by the presence of a conspicuous landmark, there is little evidence that they structure their flights to specifically learn about the position of the landmark.
在本文中，我们对大黄蜂的定向飞行进行了分析，采用了一种基于同步定位与地图构建（SLAM）的新技术，这是一种源自自主机器人技术的概率方法。我们使用SLAM来确定大黄蜂通过这些飞行中典型的弧形行为可能会了解到世界上物体的位置。我们的结果表明，虽然蜜蜂显然受到显著地标的影响，但几乎没有证据表明它们会组织飞行以专门了解地标的位置。
