Virtual Insect Flight Simulator (VIFS): A software testbed for insect flight

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 3885-3892

  Schenato, L ^a   Deng, X ^a   Wu, W C ^a   Sastry, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect aerodynamics; Insect dynamics; Insect flight; MFI; Optical flow sensor; Software simulator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL FLOWS; SENSORS; WINGS;

VIRTUAL INSECT FLIGHT SIMULATOR (VIFS);

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 0034872353     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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