Bio-inspired flap** wing robots with foldable or deformable wings: a review

J Zhang, N Zhao, F Qu - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Traditional flap**-wing robots (FWRs) obtain lift and thrust by relying on the passive
deformation of their wings which cannot actively fold or deform. In contrast, flying creatures …

Unsteady aerodynamic modeling of Aerobat using lifting line theory and Wagner's function

E Sihite, P Ghanem, A Salagame… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flying animals possess highly complex physical characteristics and are capable of
performing agile maneuvers using their wings. The flap** wings generate complex wake …

A morphology-centered view towards describing bats dynamically versatile wing conformations

E Sihite, A Ramezani - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Bats exhibit a remarkable ability to create periodic air jets, manifested as pulsating wake
structures downstream of their flight path, as they navigate through their fluidic environment …

Trajectory generation and tracking control for flap** wing robot three-dimensional flight

C Qian, R Chen, P Shen, Y Fang… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents both the trajectory generation and tracking control strategies for an
underactuated flap** wing aerial vehicle (FWAV). First, the FWAV dynamics is analyzed in …

An integrated mechanical intelligence and control approach towards flight control of aerobat

E Sihite, A Darabi, P Dangol, A Lessieur… - 2021 American …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our goal in this work is to expand the theory and practice of robot locomotion by addressing
critical challenges associated with the robotic biomimicry of bat aerial locomotion. Bats are …

Actuation and flight control of high-dof dynamic morphing wing flight by shifting structure response

E Sihite, A Salagame, P Ghanem… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bat's dynamically morphing wings are highly versatile with many active and passive modes
which allows them to display highly dexterous flight maneuvers. We take inspiration from bat …

Orientation stabilization in a bioinspired bat-robot using integrated mechanical intelligence and control

E Sihite, A Lessieur, P Dangol… - Unmanned Systems …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Our goal in this work is to expand the theory and practice of robot locomotion by addressing
critical challenges associated with the robotic biomimicry of bat aerial locomotion. Bats …

Hovering control of flap** wings in tandem with multi-rotors

A Dhole, B Gupta, A Salagame, X Niu… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work briefly covers our efforts to stabilize the flight dynamics of Northeatern's tailless bat-
inspired micro aerial vehicle, Aerobat. Flap** robots are not new. A plethora of examples …

Mechanical design and fabrication of a kinetic sculpture with application to bioinspired drone design

A Lessieur, E Sihite, P Dangol… - Unmanned systems …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Biologically-inspired robots are a very interesting and difficult branch of robotics dues to its
very rich dynamical and morphological complexities. Among them, flying animals, such as …