Springy shells, pliant plates and minimal motors: Abstracting the insect thorax to drive a micro-air vehicle

Flying Insects and Robots

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 207-217

  Wootton, Robin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84895330724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89393-6_15     Document Type: Chapter

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