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SUBMITTER: Simon R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6983391 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simon Ralph R Rupitsch Stefan S Baumann Markus M Wu Huan H Peremans Herbert H Steckel Jan J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200106 3
Sonar sensors are universally applied in autonomous vehicles such as robots and driverless cars as they are inexpensive, energy-efficient, and provide accurate range measurements; however, they have some limitations. Their measurements can lead to ambiguous estimates and echo clutter can hamper target detection. In nature, echolocating bats experience similar problems when searching for food, especially if their food source is close to vegetation, as is the case for gleaning bats and nectar-feed ...[more]