According to foreign media reports, a recent study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi revealed breakthrough insights into how animals can navigate back home after foraging.
The study uses small programmable robots to imitate animal behavior and has the potential to transform autonomous car navigation and search and rescue operations.
, Photo source: Indian Institute of Technology Mandy, this study focuses on how animals such as carrier pigeons, turtles and monarch butterflies go through long and complex journeys back to their places of birth.
These animals use a variety of strategies, including path integration and environmental cues such as odors, landmarks and the Earth’s magnetic field, to navigate home.
However, the effect of random factors or “noise” on their navigation has been a continuing area of scientific research.
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