Review: The Benefits and Applications of Bioinspired Flight Capabilities

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 687-706

  Thakoor, Sarita ^a   Cabrol, Nathalie ^b   Lay, Norman ^a   Chahl, Javaan ^c,d   Soccol, Dean ^d   Hine, Butler ^b   Zornetzer, Steven ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONTROL; SPACE EXPLORATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0347900765     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.10116     Document Type: Review

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