Flapping flight for biomimetic robotic insects: Part I - System modeling

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 776-788

  Deng, Xinyan ^a   Schenato, Luca ^b   Wu, Wei Chung ^c   Sastry, S Shankar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic sensors; Flapping flight; Flying insects; Low Reynolds number; Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FLOWS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

BIOMIMETIC SENSORS; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLYING INSECTS; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLES (MAVS);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33747592580     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2006.875480     Document Type: Article

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