Untethered hovering flapping flight of a 3D-printed mechanical insect

Artificial Life

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Richter, Charles ^a   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Insect flight; Micro air vehicle; Ornithopter; Untethered hovering

Indexed keywords

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); WINGS;

3-D PRINTING; HOVERING FLIGHTS; INSECT FLIGHT; MECHANICAL PARTS; MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES; ORNITHOPTER; PRINTED MATERIALS; UNTETHERED HOVERING;

3D PRINTERS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

EID: 79955678778     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00020     Document Type: Article

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