In this writeup, you can see how to build a cheap compound eye system for your robot. Using 4 IR LEDs and 4 phototransistors, [oddbot] gave “Mr General” the ability to follow movement in ...

The authors propose several parameters for evaluating biomimetic curved artificial compound eyes (BCACEs), including the ...

Each eye is about the same volume as the animal's brain. Trilobites lived between 521 and 252 million years ago. They were one of the first groups of creatures to develop complex, compound eyes, where ...

Equipped with two large compound eyes, mantises have exceptional vision, which is essential for detecting even the slightest movements of their prey. Each compound eye is made up of numerous tiny ...

They found the ancient creature had a primitive form of compound eye, an optical organ that consists of arrays of tiny visual cells, called ommatidia, similar to those of present-day bees.

Thin, crystalline films inspired by polarisation vision of desert ants helped team to beat bulkiness challenge, Science ...

A challenge in building digital cameras with the hemispherical, compound apposition layouts of arthropod eyes is that essential design requirements cannot be met with existing planar sensor ...

The film is inspired by the costumes of folk art performers at Taiwans ceremonial festivals Adapted from the Southeast Asian folktale The Mousedeer Crosses River it integrates similar folktale ...

We call this kind of eye a compound eye, and because all the little lenses point in different directions, animals that have them are very good at detecting movement – especially of big things ...