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ArticleNature2026

Efficient robot navigation inspired by honeybee learning flights.

Dequan Ou, Jesse J Hagenaars, Maciej R Jankowski, Michiel V M Firlefyn, Christophe De Wagter, Florian T Muijres, Jacqueline Degen, Guido C H E de Croon

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Dequan OuMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-2329-3481
Jesse J HagenaarsMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-7145
Maciej R JankowskiMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Michiel V M FirlefynMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Christophe De WagterMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-8454
Florian T MuijresExperimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0653
Jacqueline DegenNavigation Biology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9247-7356
Guido C H E de CroonMicro Air Vehicle Laboratory, Department Control & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. G.C.H.E.deCroon@tudelft.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8265-1496

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Navigation is a crucial capability for both animals and robots. Although tiny flying insects can robustly navigate over long distances

Indexed as

Flight, AnimalLearningRoboticsSpatial NavigationAnimalsAutonomous RobotsBeesHoming BehaviorIntelligent SystemsNeural Networks, Computer

Identifiers

PMID42129549
PMCPMC13216067

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