Design of flapping mechanisms based on transverse bending phenomena in insects

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 2323-2328

  Khan, Zaeem A ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING AMPLITUDES; FLAPPING MECHANISMS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; WINGS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33845634800     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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