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Inspired by investigations in water striders (Gerrids) on the eye structure and visually controlled behaviour and subsequent simulations of self-motion estimates from optic flow, a device is presented that extracts self-motion parameters exclusively from flow. Optical mouse chips provided with adequate lenses serve as motion sensors. Pairs of sensors with opposite lines of sight are mounted on a sensor head. The optical axes of the sensor pairs are distributed over the largest possible solid angle. The device is fast, cheap and light. The calibration procedure and tests on the precision of self-motion estimates in outdoor experiments are reported.
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Dahmen, H., Millers, A., Mallot, H.A. (2009). Insect-Inspired Odometry by Optic Flow Recorded with Optical Mouse Chips. In: Floreano, D., Zufferey, JC., Srinivasan, M., Ellington, C. (eds) Flying Insects and Robots. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89393-6_9
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