From natural flyers to the mechanical realization of a flapping wing micro air vehicle

2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 439-444

  Conn, Andrew ^a   Burgess, Stuart ^a   Hyde, Rick ^a   Ling, Chung Seng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio inspiration; Biomimetics; Flapping wing micro air vehicle; Flight modeling; Insect flight; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BIOMIMETICS; MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS; VEHICLES; WINGS;

BIO-INSPIRATION; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FLIGHT MODELS; INSECT FLIGHT; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 46249088433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2006.340232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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