Researchers develop bee-inspired drone navigation system using just 42 KB of memory
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Summary
Researchers at Delft University have developed a drone navigation system inspired by honeybee biology. Honeybees can travel up to 2 miles from their hive and return home accurately using brains smaller than a sesame seed. The team replicated these biological principles into a navigation system that guides lightweight drones using only 42 KB of memory, offering a super-efficient alternative to traditional GPS-dependent or computationally heavy navigation methods.
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Now, researchers have adapted those same biological principles into a drone navigation system that can guide lightweight flying robots home using just 42 KB of memory.
Honeybees routinely travel up to 2 miles (3 km) from their hive in search of food before returning home, with remarkable accuracy.
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