Flying insects and robots /

Flying insects and robots / Dario Floreano [and others], editors. - xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Experimental Approaches Toward a Functional Understanding of Insect Flight Control / From Visual Guidance in Flying Insects to Autonomous Aerial Vehicles / Optic Flow Based Autopilots: Speed Control and Obstacle Avoidance / Active Vision in Blowflies: Strategies and Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation / Wide-Field Integration Methods for Visuomotor Control / Optic Flow to Steer and Avoid Collisions in 3D / Visual Homing in Insects and Robots / Motion Detection Chips for Robotic Platforms / Insect-Inspired Odometry by Optic Flow Recorded with Optical Mouse Chips / Microoptical Artificial Compound Eyes / Flexible Wings and Fluid–Structure Interactions for Micro-Air Vehicles / Flow Control Using Flapping Wings for an Efficient Low-Speed Micro-Air Vehicle / A Passively Stable Hovering Flapping Micro-Air Vehicle / The Scalable Design of Flapping Micro-Air Vehicles Inspired by Insect Flight / Springy Shells, Pliant Plates and Minimal Motors: Abstracting the Insect Thorax to Drive a Micro-Air Vehicle / Challenges for 100 Milligram Flapping Flight / The Limits of Turning Control in Flying Insects / A Miniature Vehicle with Extended Aerial and Terrestrial Mobility / Towards a Self-Deploying and Gliding Robot / Solar-Powered Micro-air Vehicles and Challenges in Downscaling / Technology and Fabrication of Ultralight Micro-Aerial Vehicles / Steven N. Fry -- Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Saul Thurrowgood, and Dean Soccol -- Nicolas Franceschini, Franck Ruffier and Julien Serres -- Martin Egelhaaf, Roland Kern, Jens P. Lindemann, Elke Braun, and Bart Geurten -- J. Sean Humbert, Joseph K. Conroy, Craig W. Neely, and Geoffrey Barrows -- Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Antoine Beyeler, and Dario Floreano -- Jochen Zeil, Norbert Boeddeker, and Wolfgang Sturzl -- Rico Moeckel and Shih-Chii Liu -- Hansjurgen Dahmen, Alain Millers, and Hanspeter A. Mallot -- Andreas Brückner, Jacques Duparre, Frank Wippermann -- W. Shyy, Y. Lian, S.K. Chimakurthi, J. Tang, C.E.S. Cesnik, B. Stanford, and P.G. Ifju -- Kevin D. Jones and Max F. Platzer -- Floris van Breugel, Zhi Ern Teoh, and Hod Lipson -- David Lentink, Stefan R. Jongerius, and Nancy L. Bradshaw -- Robin J. Wootton -- Ronald S. Fearing and Robert J. Wood -- Fritz-Olaf Lehmann -- Richard J. Bachmann, Ravi Vaidyanathan, Frank J. Boria, James Pluta, Josh Kiihne, Brian K. Taylor, Robert H. Bledsoe, Peter G. Ifju, and Roger D. Quinn -- Mirko Kovac, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, and Dario Floreano -- Andre Noth and Roland Siegwart -- Adam Klaptocz and Jean-Daniel Nicoud. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

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Autonomous robots
Autonomous robots--Design and construction
Mobile robots
Mobile robots--Design and construction
Insects--Locomotion--Simulation methods.

TJ211.495 / .F59 2009

629.892

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