Challenges for micro-scale flapping-wing micro air vehicles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8373, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wood, Robert J ^a   Finio, Benjamin ^a   Karpelson, Michael ^a   Perez Arancibia, Nestor O ^a   Sreetharan, Pratheev ^a   Whitney, John P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flapping wings; Micro air vehicles; Microrobotics

Indexed keywords

AEROMECHANICAL; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FLAPPING-WING; FLAPPING-WINGS; FLYING ROBOTS; MACRO SCALE; MICRO ROBOTICS; MICRO-SCALES; POWER LIMITATIONS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SENSORS;

EID: 84863956273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.918154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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