Modeling and control of biologically inspired flying robots

Robotica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-121

  Couceiro, Micael S ^a   Luz, J Miguel A ^b   Figueiredo, Carlos M ^b   Ferreira, N M Fonseca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Control; Dragonfly; Robotics; Seagull

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CALCULATION TOOLS; DRAGONFLY; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; DYNAMICAL MODEL; FLYING PLATFORMS; FLYING ROBOTS; MODELING AND CONTROL; SEAGULL; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SIMULINK;

AERODYNAMICS; ANIMALS; CONTROL; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MATLAB; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

MODELS;

EID: 82955222207     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574711000312     Document Type: Article

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