Liftoff of a 60mg flapping-wing MAV

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1889-1894

  Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMECHANICAL; EXTERNAL-; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICROFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 51349126791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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