A perching mechanism for micro aerial vehicles

Journal of Micro-Nano Mechatronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 77-91

  Kovač, Mirko ^a   Germann, Jürg ^a   Hürzeler, Christoph ^b   Siegwart, Roland Y ^b   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE FACADE; FLYING HEADS; FORMAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPES; HIGH IMPACT; IMPACT FORCE; IMPACT IMPULSE; MAN-MADE MATERIALS; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 77955843137     PISSN: 18653928     EISSN: 18653936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12213-010-0026-1     Document Type: Article

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