Design, fabrication, and analysis of a 3DOF, 3cm flapping-wing MAV

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1576-1581

  Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MANUFACTURING PARADIGMS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; PROPULSIVE WING AIRCRAFT; ROBOTICS;

WINGS;

EID: 42549136942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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