Passive aerodynamic drag balancing in a flapping-wing robotic insect

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 0510061-01100611

  Sreetharan, P S ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio inspired robotics; Linkages; Power transmission; Robot kinematics; Robotic systems

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ROBOTICS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; FLAPPING-WING; LINKAGE; POWER-TRANSMISSION; ROBOT KINEMATICS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORY CONTROL; WEIGHT RATIOS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

EID: 77955212350     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001379     Document Type: Article

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