Wing Force Map Characterization and Simulation for the Micromechanical Flying Insect

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1343-1349

  Yan, Joseph ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WINGS;

MICRO AERIAL VEHICLES (MAV); MICROMECHANICAL FLYING INSECT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0346148769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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