Robird: a robotic bird of prey

GA Folkertsma, W Straatman… - IEEE robotics & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ever since the start of aviation, birds and airplanes have posed a mutual risk: Birds are killed
when struck by aircraft, but, in return, bird strikes cause billions in damage to the aviation …

Further results on hysteresis compensation of smart micropositioning systems with the inverse Prandtl–Ishlinskii compensator

M Al Janaideh, M Rakotondrabe… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A formula that characterizes the output of the inverse compensation is derived when the
inverse Prandtl-Ishlinskii hysteresis model is applied as a feedforward compensator. For that …

On the quasi-steady aerodynamics of normal hovering flight part II: model implementation and evaluation

MRA Nabawy, WJ Crowther - Journal of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper introduces a generic, transparent and compact model for the evaluation of the
aerodynamic performance of insect-like flap** wings in hovering flight. The model is …

The modeling and numerical solution for flap** wing hovering wingbeat dynamics

X Ke, W Zhang, J Shi, W Chen - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of wingbeat motion of flap** wing hovering flight are determined by the
actuating, aerodynamic and inertia forces/moments, which influence the dynamic …

Elastic element integration for improved flap**-wing micro air vehicle performance

R Sahai, KC Galloway, RJ Wood - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies flap**-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAV) whose transmission
mechanisms use flexures as energy storage elements to reduce needed input power. A …

Wing geometry and kinematic parameters optimization of flap** wing hovering flight for minimum energy

X Ke, W Zhang, X Cai, W Chen - Aerospace science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The optimizations of wing geometry parameters (WGP) and wing kinematic parameters
(WKP) to minimize the energy consumption of flap** wing hovering flight are performed by …

Inversion-free feedforward dynamic compensation of hysteresis nonlinearities in piezoelectric micro/nano-positioning actuators

O Aljanaideh, M Al Janaideh… - … on Robotics and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new methodology that employs the rate-dependent Prandtl-Ishlinskii model (RDPI) as a
model and a compensator is suggested in this study for modeling and compensation of rate …

Energy-based and biomimetic robotics

GA Folkertsma - 2017 - research.utwente.nl
All physical systems interact by exchanging power, or energy. This energy can be explicitly
taken into account when designing robotic systems, in dynamic models of systems and …

Enhancement of micro-positioning accuracy of a piezoelectric positioner by suppressing the rate-dependant hysteresis nonlinearities

O Aljanaideh, M Al Janaideh… - 2014 IEEE/ASME …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compensation of rate-dependent hysteresis nonlinearities of a Piezoelectric positioner is
carried out by integrating the inverse of the rate-dependent Prandtl-Ishlinskii model as a …

Wing geometry and kinematic parameters optimization of flap** wing hovering flight

X Ke, W Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
How to efficiently mimic the wing shape and kinematics pattern of an able hovering living
flier is always a concern of researchers from the flap** wing micro aerial vehicles …