Development of a small flapping robot. Motion analysis during takeoff by numerical simulation and experiment

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1304-1315

  Fujikawa, Taro ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuaki ^a   Okuma, Shinnosuke ^a   Udagawa, Takamasa ^b   Nakano, Satoru ^a   Kikuchi, Koki ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Hardware Devmt Mfg Div Tokyo J   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly; CFD; FEM; Flapping robot; Takeoff

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOTION ESTIMATION;

FLAPPING ROBOTS; FLYING DEVICES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 44549083392     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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