Asymmetric flapping for a robotic fly using a hybrid power-control actuator

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2755-2762

  Finio, Benjamin M ^a   Eum, Brandon ^a   Oland, Christopher ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; CONTROL LAWS; DESIGN SPACES; FLAPPING MOTION; FLAPPING-WING; HYBRID POWER; POWER ACTUATORS; PROTOTYPE DESIGNS; WING KINEMATICS; WING MOTION;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; KINEMATICS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 76249103231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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