Biologically inspired optical-flow sensing for altitude control of flapping-wing microrobots

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 556-568

  Duhamel, Pierre Emile J ^a,b   Pérez Arancibia, Néstor O ^a,b   Barrows, Geoffrey L ^c   Wood, Robert J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centeye Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired optical flow sensing; Feedback control; Flapping wing flight; Microrobots

Indexed keywords

BIOINSPIRED OPTICAL-FLOW SENSING; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FLAPPING-WING FLIGHTS; MICROROBOTS; ON-BOARD SENSORS; SENSING SYSTEMS; VERTICAL FLIGHT;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

SENSORS;

EID: 84880712693     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2225635     Document Type: Article

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