Biomechanics of smart wings in a bat robot: Morphing wings using SMA actuators

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Colorado, J ^a   Barrientos, A ^a   Rossi, C ^a   Breuer, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NICKEL; ROBOTICS; TITANIUM; TRANSDUCERS; WING;

EID: 84863617952     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/3/036006     Document Type: Article

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