Elastic element integration for improved flapping-wing micro air vehicle performance

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-41

  Sahai, Ranjana ^a   Galloway, Kevin C ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired robots; flapping wing; mechanism design; microrobots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; ELASTIC ELEMENT; FLAPPING WING; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FLEXURE MECHANISM; FLEXURE STIFFNESS; FOUR-BAR MECHANISMS; INPUT POWER; MECHANISM DESIGN; MICROROBOTS; POWER SAVINGS; STORAGE ELEMENTS; TEST STANDS; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

BARS (METAL); MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; PROPULSIVE WING AIRCRAFT; RUBBER; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; WINGS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84873410115     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2012.2218936     Document Type: Article

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