Control for small-speed lateral flight in a model insect

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yan Lai ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; WING;

EID: 80052518989     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/3/036003     Document Type: Article

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