A system for motion control and analysis of high-speed passively twisting flapping wings

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1576-1581

  Watman, Daniel ^a   Furukawa, Tomonari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HOLOGRAMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; SPEED;

FLAPPING WINGS; HIGH SPEEDS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 51649114089     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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