A biomimetic flying silicon microchip: Feasibility study

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 447-451

  Chan, Ho Yin ^a   Lam, Josh Hiu Man ^a   Li, Wen J ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Micro aerial vehicle; Thermal actuators

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING WING; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLES; SILICON MICROCHIPS; THERMAL ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SILICON; WINGS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 28344438026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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