{"id":13133,"date":"2024-08-24T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=13133"},"modified":"2024-08-24T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:35:38","slug":"130-million-year-old-navigation-trick-could-transform-space-and-drone-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=13133","title":{"rendered":"130-Million-Year-Old Navigation Trick Could Transform Space and Drone Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_406659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406659\" style=\"width: 777px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-406659\" src=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-777x435.jpg\" alt=\"Dung Beetle and the Milky Way\" width=\"777\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-777x435.jpg 777w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way-1200x672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/Dung-Beetle-and-the-Milky-Way.jpg 2038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-406659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dung beetles use the Milky Means at night time to navigate. Engineers have used the identical method to develop an AI sensor for navigation in low gentle. Credit score: College of South Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>An AI sensor precisely measures the orientation of the Milky Means.<\/h3>\n<p>A brand new analysis research is drawing inspiration from an insect <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;species&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A species is a group of living organisms that share a set of common characteristics and are able to breed and produce fertile offspring. The concept of a species is important in biology as it is used to classify and organize the diversity of life. There are different ways to define a species, but the most widely accepted one is the biological species concept, which defines a species as a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring in nature. This definition is widely used in evolutionary biology and ecology to identify and classify living organisms.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">species<\/span> that developed 130 million years in the past to reinforce navigation programs in drones, robots, and orbiting satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The dung beetle is the primary recognized species to make use of the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Milky Way&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System and is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is a barred spiral galaxy that contains an estimated 100-400 billion stars and has a diameter between 150,000 and 200,000 light-years. The name &amp;quot;Milky Way&amp;quot; comes from the appearance of the galaxy from Earth as a faint band of light that stretches across the night sky, resembling spilled milk.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Milky Means<\/span> at night time to navigate, specializing in the constellation of stars as a reference level to roll balls of dung in a straight line away from their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish researchers made this <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23352694\/\">discovery in 2013<\/a> and a decade later, Australian engineers are modeling the identical method utilized by the dung beetle to develop an AI sensor that may precisely measure the orientation of the Milky Means in low gentle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-south-australia\/\">University of South Australia<\/a> distant sensing engineer Professor Javaan Chahl and his crew of PhD college students have used pc imaginative and prescient to show that the massive stripe of sunshine that types the Milky Means is just not affected by movement blur, in contrast to particular person stars.<\/p>\n<h4>The Milky Means as a Navigational Device<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cNocturnal dung beetles transfer their head and physique extensively when rolling balls of manure throughout a discipline, needing a set orientation level within the night time sky to assist them steer in a straight line,\u201d Prof Chahl says. \u201cTheir tiny compound eyes make it troublesome to tell apart particular person stars, significantly whereas in movement, whereas the Milky Means is extremely seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Dung Beetles Are Helping Engineers To Improve Navigation Systems\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nU3mfg3kqWE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>UniSA Professor Javaan Chahl explains how dung beetles and the Milky Means are serving to engineers enhance navigation programs in drones, robots, and satellites. Credit score: College of South Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a sequence of experiments utilizing a digital camera mounted to the roof of a automobile, the UniSA researchers captured photographs of the Milky Means whereas the automobile was each stationary and shifting. Utilizing info from these photographs they&#8217;ve developed a pc imaginative and prescient system that reliably measures the orientation of the Milky Means, which is step one in the direction of constructing a navigation system.<\/p>\n<h4>Analysis Outcomes and Future Instructions<\/h4>\n<p>Their findings have been revealed within the journal <em>Biomimetics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lead creator UniSA PhD candidate Yiting Tao says the orientation sensor might be a backup technique to stabilize satellites and assist drones and robots to navigate in low gentle, even when there&#8217;s a whole lot of blur attributable to motion and vibration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the subsequent step I wish to put the algorithm on a drone and permit it to manage the plane in flight in the course of the night time,\u201d Tao says.<\/p>\n<p>The solar helps many bugs to navigate in the course of the day, together with wasps, dragonflies, honeybees, and desert ants. At night time, the moon additionally supplies a reference level for nocturnal bugs, however it&#8217;s not at all times seen, therefore why dung beetles and a few moths use the Milky Means for orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Chahl says insect imaginative and prescient has lengthy impressed engineers the place navigation programs are involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBugs have been fixing navigational issues for thousands and thousands of years, together with those who even essentially the most superior machines battle with. They usually\u2019ve accomplished it in a tiny little bundle. Their brains encompass tens of hundreds of neurons in comparison with billions of neurons in people, but they nonetheless handle to search out options from the pure world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reference: \u201cPc Imaginative and prescient Methods Display Strong Orientation Measurement of the Milky Means Regardless of Picture Movement\u201d by Yiting Tao, Asanka Perera, Samuel Teague, Timothy McIntyre, Eric Warrant and Javaan Chahl, 20 June 2024, <i>Biomimetics<\/i>.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/biomimetics9070375\">DOI: 10.3390\/biomimetics9070375<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/130-million-year-old-navigation-trick-could-transform-space-and-drone-tech\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dung beetles use the Milky Means at night time to navigate. Engineers have used the identical method to develop an AI sensor for navigation in low gentle. Credit score: College of South Australia An AI sensor precisely measures the orientation of the Milky Means. 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