Federation Fellowships - Grant ID: FF0241328

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FF0241328

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Honeybee Vision and navigation, and applications to robotics. Anyone observing a honeybee find its way home effortlessly after collecting nectar would know that these insects are excellent navigators, despite their diminutive brains and relatively simple nervous systems. One aim of this proposal is to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underling honeybee navigation. Another aim is to apply some of these findings to the development of novel, biologically inspired naviagtion systems for aircraft. The findings should illuminate important principles of animal navigation. They should also advance Australia's technology in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which will have important applications in national defence and security.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Federation Fellowships

Funding Amount: $1,417,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Intelligent Robotics | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Combined operations | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences | Combined operations | Intelligent Robotics | Neurosciences | Sensory Systems | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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