Flying insects are able to hover and perform agile maneuvers by relying on their flap**
wings to produce control forces, as well as flight forces, due to the absence of tail control …

There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-
blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only …

This study presents the design of a novel minimalist liftoff-capable flap**-wing microaerial
vehicle. Two wings are each directly driven by a geared pager motor by utilizing an elastic …

Flap**-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs) are a class of unmanned aircraft that imitate
flight characteristics of natural organisms such as birds, bats, and insects, in order to achieve …

This paper presents the design, analysis, and characterization of a compliant thoracic
mechanism that saves inertial power for flap**-wing micro air vehicles. Lightweight …

Flying animals with flap** wings may best exemplify the astonishing ability of natural
selection on design optimization by excelling both stability and maneuverability at …

Achieving resonance in flap** wings has been recognized as one of the most important
principles to enhance power efficiency, lift generation, and flight control performance of high …

Flap**-wing rotor (FWR) is an innovative bio-inspired micro aerial vehicle capable of
vertical take-off and landing. This unique design combines active flap** motion and …

We present self-lifting artificial insect wings by means of electrostatic actuation for the first
time. Excited by a DC power source, biomimetic flap** motions have been generated to lift …

This paper describes a dragonfly-inspired Flap** Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FW-MAV),
named HiFly-Dragon. Dragonflies exhibit exceptional flight performance in nature …