Vision-based Guidance and Control in Birds, with Applications to Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Terminal attack trajectories of peregrine falcons are described by the proportional navigation guidance law of missiles

Author(s): Caroline H. Brighton, Adrian L. R. Thomas, Graham K. Taylor
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 114/51, 2017, Page(s) 13495-13500, ISSN 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1714532114

Physics-based simulations of aerial attacks by peregrine falcons reveal that stooping at high speed maximizes catch success against agile prey

Author(s): Robin Mills, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Graham K. Taylor, Charlotte K. Hemelrijk
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, Issue 14/4, 2018, Page(s) e1006044, ISSN 1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006044

Sexual size dimorphism, prey morphology and catch success in relation to flight mechanics in the peregrine falcon: a simulation study

Author(s): Robin Mills, Graham K. Taylor, Charlotte K. Hemelrijk
Published in: Journal of Avian Biology, Issue 50/3, 2019, ISSN 0908-8857
DOI: 10.1111/jav.01979

Birds invest wingbeats to keep a steady head and reap the ultimate benefits of flying together

Author(s): Lucy A. Taylor, Graham K. Taylor, Ben Lambert, James A. Walker, Dora Biro, Steven J. Portugal
Published in: PLOS Biology, Issue 17/6, 2019, Page(s) e3000299, ISSN 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000299

Hawks steer attacks using a guidance system tuned for close pursuit of erratically manoeuvring  targets

Author(s): Caroline H. Brighton, Graham K. Taylor
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 10/1, 2019, ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10454-z

An Algorithmic Approach to Natural Behavior

Author(s): Andrew M. Hein, Douglas L. Altshuler, David E. Cade, James C. Liao, Benjamin T. Martin, Graham K. Taylor
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 30/11, 2020, Page(s) R663-R675, ISSN 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.018