... no competing or financial interests. 20 5 2015 7 9 2015 © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Summary: Wood ants form linked memories of the distance and direction of their homeward foraging route. Visual navigation Vision Path integration Odometry...

... of animal species. The same is true for senses of direction – the compasses for navigation – and the construction of vectors for navigation from compass and distance cues. The measurement of distance itself – odometry – has received much less attention. The present review addresses some recent progress...

... 2009 2009 desert ant Cataglyphis path integration disturbed walking odometry Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis , are able to use a broad spectrum of cues for orientation, from geocentric features, such as landmarks, to egocentric mechanisms like path integration. The latter...

... the hypothesis that bees rely exclusively on deposited scent to accurately localise a food source in natural foraging environments. We instead conclude that odometry and scent guidance contribute to honeybee food search in a manner reflecting the significance and relative reliability of sensory information...

...Tony Vladusich; Jan M. Hemmi; Mandyam V. Srinivasan; Jochen Zeil SUMMARY How do honeybees use visual odometry and goal-defining landmarks to guide food search? In one experiment, bees were trained to forage in an optic-flow-rich tunnel with a landmark positioned directly above the feeder...

... Road, London E1 4NS, UK (e-mail: [email protected] ) 4 4 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 colour vision dance language motion vision optical flow waggle dance odometry honeybee Apis mellifera Contrary to most other animals, honeybees can inform...

... 9 3 2000 27 1 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 odometry optic flow distance estimation insect vision ant Cataglyphis fortis To perform their remarkable feats of path integration, desert ants must continuously determine the course they have steered...

... odometry, however, vision-based odometry has the advantage that it is not affected by the presence of wind or by the load of nectar that the bee carries. But visual odometry, as described here, would work accurately only if the bee were to maintain a constant height and follow a fixed route each time...