Distributed power and control actuation in the thoracic mechanics of a robotic insect

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Finio, Benjamin M ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ACTUATION; DISTRIBUTED POWER; FLAPPING-WING; MECHANICAL DEVICE; ROBOTIC DESIGN; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS; WING KINEMATICS; WING MOTION;

DESIGN; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS;

ROBOTICS;

AVES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROBOTICS; THORAX; WING;

EID: 78649716043     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/5/4/045006     Document Type: Article

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