Man-made fly-eye treatment for unmanned aerial vehicles

A team of researchers from Switzerland is investigating artificial eye development that is capable of working with a high sensitivity and sensitivity as the eyes of small insects. This is new information published in the scientific journal Interface.

The eyeballs are used for the installation of unmanned aerial vehicles

Artificial flies are being developed at an intelligent technology laboratory at Lausanne Polytechnic. The team was inspired by the eyes of insects that are made up of thousands of eyeballs or sensory organs that allow them to detect and recognize the speed and direction of all movements. is the smallest even without much light.

Illustration. (Source: medicalxpress.com)

The artificial fly eye is made up of three hexagonal micro-waveguides connected to each other in a triangle surrounded by a single lens.

The obtained images will be transferred to a microprocessor circuit for final image synthesis. The image will not be sharp, it is only equivalent to a 3 picxel image, but enough to recognize the surrounding motion, direction of movement and velocity of movement.

With advantages such as a weight of only 2 mg, the longest edge is 2 mm, fuel economy and can operate in low light conditions, these advanced electronic eyes are particularly suitable for installation for Mini-helicopters help increase collision avoidance, useful service for rescue and security services.

Even so, researchers expect that these artificial fly eyes will be used to produce visually impaired devices and will be an important part of the production of unmanned automobiles.