Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that Harris Hawks, when pursuing an erratically maneuvering dummy bunny, can utilize a mixed guidance law to more effectively pursue it. Their turn rate is determined by feeding back information on the angle between their target and current flight direction, along with how quickly their distance to the target is changing. This guidance law allows the hawks to reduce the risk of overshoot in a close pursuit, a principle which could be used for pursuing and capturing rogue drones in a cluttered urban environment.
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