Towards energy efficiency in micro hovering air vehicles

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ratti, Jayant ^a   Vachtsevanos, George ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ELASTIC ELEMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY DYNAMICS; ENERGY SAVING; FLIGHT ENDURANCE; FLIGHT TIME; INDUSTRY SPONSORS; INTELLIGENCE , SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCES; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; MICRO FLYING ROBOTS; PAY LOAD CAPACITY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREE FLIGHT; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79955777699     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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