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BI 134 Mandyam Srinivasan: Bee Flight and Cognition

Brain Inspired

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The Bees Are Only Human, They Make Mistakes

Bees flew precisely down the middle when both walls were stationary. But if one wall was moved in the same direction as an incoming bee, then the bees flew alot closer to the moving wall. This is because their eye's image f thelosity is much lower n so the bee thinks that wall is much further away than it actually is. And exactly the opposite thing happens when he moves this wall in the opposite direction. So this simple experiment really taught us that these really are flying through these passage, narrow passages, safely by by balancing the optic flors,. wi a tey, say, in the two lines. and you can also mak predictions about where should they position themselves.

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