Bioinspired artificial hair sensors for flight-by-feel of unmanned aerial vehicles: a review

AC Hollenbeck, R Grandhi, JH Hansen, AM Pankonien - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Flight-by-feel is an emerging approach to flight control that uses distributed arrays of
pressure, strain, and flow sensors to guide aircraft. Among these, hair-type flow sensors …

Bio-inspired, intelligent flexible sensing skin for multifunctional flying perception

W ** multifunctional flying perceptibility, by mimicking the biological system, is
meaningful for aircrafts to adapt to the complicated and ambiguous flow environment. In this …

High-resolution flexible iontronic skins for both negative and positive pressure measurement in room temperature wind tunnel applications

J Wang, X Wei, J Shi, N Bai, X Wan, B Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Flexible skins that can be laminated on curved surfaces are a desired form for wind pressure
measurement. Sensors for such applications need to detect both negative and positive wind …

Liquid metal interdigitated capacitive strain sensor with normal stress insensitivity

D Zhang, J Zhang, Y Wu, X **-wing drones through reinforcement learning
T Kim, I Hong, S Im, S Rho, M Kim, Y Roh… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Although drone technology has advanced rapidly, replicating the dynamic control and wind-
sensing abilities of biological flight is still beyond reach. Biological studies reveal that insect …

Avian-inspired embodied perception in biohybrid flap**-wing robotics

Q Li, T Tan, B Wang, Z Yan - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Avian feather intricate adaptable architecture to wing deformations has catalyzed interest in
feathered flap**-wing aircraft with high maneuverability, agility, and stealth. Yet, to mimic …

Liquid-metal micro-networks with strain-induced conductivity for soft electronics and robotic skin

Y Park, J Jung, Y Lee, D Lee, JJ Vlassak… - npj Flexible …, 2022 - nature.com
Thin-film devices made of room-temperature liquid metals (LMs) have contributed to the
development of electronic skin for human-robot/machine interfaces but still have limitations …

Bird-inspired robotics principles as a framework for develo** smart aerospace materials

KAW Hoffmann, TG Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Birds are notable for their ability to seamlessly transition between different locomotory
functions by dynamically leveraging their shape-shifting morphology. In contrast, the …

Flexible, monolithic piezoelectric sensors for large-area structural impact monitoring via MUSIC-assisted machine learning

C Zhu, Z Xu, C Hou, X Lv, S Jiang… - Structural Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Aircraft smart skin requires the integration of large-scale, ultrathin, and high-sensitive sensor
network on the surface for structural health monitoring (SHM). However, it is fairly difficult to …

Origami and Kirigami Structure for Impact Energy Absorption: Its Application to Drone Guards

CY Park, YA Lee, J Jang, MW Han - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
As the use of drones grows, so too does the demand for physical protection against drone
damage resulting from collisions and falls. In addition, as the flight environment becomes …