Strategies for the stabilization of longitudinal forward flapping flight revealed using a dynamically-scaled robotic fly

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Elzinga, Michael J ^a   Van Breugel, Floris ^a,b   Dickinson, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; flapping flight; insect aerodynamics; insect flight control

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DAMPING; KINEMATICS; STABILIZATION;

CONTROL SCHEMES; DIFFERENT SPEED; DROSOPHILA; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FORWARD FLIGHT; GAIN SCHEDULING; INSECT FLIGHT; WING KINEMATICS;

SPEED;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; DROSOPHILA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DROSOPHILA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RHEOLOGY; ROBOTICS; WING;

EID: 84901411898     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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