Predicting fruit fly’s sensing rate with insect flight simulations - Chang, Song; Wang, Z. Jane (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2014)
Keywords: Aerodynamic stability; Aircraft pitch; Algorithms; Animal behavior; Animals; Biological Sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; case studies; Computer Simulation; Control algorithms; Diptera; Drosophila melanogaster - physiology; flight; Flight dynamics; Flight mechanics; Flight, Animal - physiology; Free flight; fruit flies; Fruits; Hovering; insect control; Insect flight; Insects; Kinematics; Models, Biological; motor neurons; Neurons; Physical Sciences; prediction; Reaction Time - physiology; reflexes; Sensation - physiology; Simulation; simulation models; Time Factors; Torque; Vehicular flight; wings; Wings, Animal - physiology; discrete time-delayed controller; b1 motor neuron; stability of flapping flight; quantitative study of organismal behavior