Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1509-1516

  Fearing, R S ^a   Chiang, K H ^a   Dickinson, M H ^a   Pick, D L ^a   Sitti, M ^a   Yan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMECHANICAL FLYING INSECT; MICROROBOTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; RESONANT MECHANICAL CIRCUIT MODEL;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0033708369     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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