Physical models and vortex dynamics of swimming and flying: A review

D Zhang, JD Zhang, WX Huang - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
The swimming of aquatic animals and flying of insects and birds have fascinated physicists
and biologists for more than a century. In this regard, great efforts have been made to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ducted multi-propeller configuration on aerodynamic performance in quadrotor drone

Y Li, K Yonezawa, H Liu - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Motivated by a bioinspired optimal aerodynamic design of a multi-propeller configuration,
here we propose a ducted multi-propeller design to explore the improvement of lift force …

Kinematics and hydrodynamics analyses of swimming penguins: wing bending improves propulsion performance

N Harada, T Oura, M Maeda, Y Shen… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Penguins are adapted to underwater life and have excellent swimming abilities. Although
previous motion analyses revealed their basic swimming characteristics, the details of the …

[HTML][HTML] Wing kinematics and unsteady aerodynamics of a hummingbird pure yawing maneuver

A Menzer, Y Ren, J Guo, BW Tobalske, H Dong - Biomimetics, 2022 - mdpi.com
As one of few animals with the capability to execute agile yawing maneuvers, it is quite
desirable to take inspiration from hummingbird flight aerodynamics. To understand the wing …

Hummingbird-bat hybrid wing by 3-D printing

T Fujii, J Dang, H Tanaka - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hovering hummingbirds have inspired small flap**-wing aerial robots. Natural flyers,
including hummingbirds and bats, undergo torsional wing deformation during flap** flight …

[KİTAP][B] ソフトロボット学入門: 基本構成と柔軟物体の数理

鈴森康一, 中嶋浩**, 新山龍馬, 舛屋賢, 明石望洋… - 2023 - books.google.com
ソフトロボティクスの基本構成と数理モデルについて一から解説. これからのロボット工学にかかわる
すべての研究者・技術者にとっての必読書 本書は, ロボット工学の重要なキーテクノロジーである …

Avian surface reconstruction in free flight with application to flight stability analysis of a barn owl and peregrine falcon

NE Durston, X Wan, JG Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Birds primarily create and control the forces necessary for flight through changing the shape
and orientation of their wings and tail. Their wing geometry is characterised by complex …

Wing inertia as a cause of aerodynamically uneconomical flight with high angles of attack in hovering insects

HV Phan, HC Park - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Flying insects can maintain maneuverability in the air by flap** their wings, and, to save
energy, the wings should operate following optimal kinematics. However, unlike …

Active and robust twisting morphing wings with geometric constraints for flying or swimming robots

B Luo, W Cui, W Li - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Typically, a twisting morphing wing of flying or swimming robots has one spanwise shaft and
many ribs, the ribs can swing in their individual planes perpendicular to the shaft or the …

Microbiome composition of Anna's hummingbirds differs among regions of the gastrointestinal tract

R Dutch, LA Tell, R Bandivadekar… - Journal of Avian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome is an important mediator and indicator of host
physiology, health and fitness in many vertebrate systems, but sources of variation in …