Energetics of flapping-wing robotic insects: Towards autonomous hovering flight

IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1630-1637

  Karpelson, Michael ^a   Whitney, John P ^a   Wei, Gu Yeon ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial robotics; Biologically inspired robotics; Flight energetics; MAV; Microrobotics

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTICS; BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; FLIGHT ENERGETICS; MAV; MICRO ROBOTICS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 78651480845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5650269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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