Passive torque regulation in an underactuated flapping wing robotic insect

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 225-234

  Sreetharan, P S ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications Harvard Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio inspired robotics; Dynamics; Kinematics; Linkages; Micro air vehicles; Passive mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROLLER; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; BODY FORCES; FABRICATION PROCESS; FLAPPING WING; FLAPPING-WING MECHANISM; FORCES AND TORQUES; PASSIVE MECHANISM; PASSIVE TORQUES; ROLL TORQUE; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRAJECTORY CORRECTION; UNDER-ACTUATED MECHANISM; UNDERACTUATED;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TRAJECTORIES; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

TORQUE;

EID: 80053028791     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-011-9242-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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