Over the last decade, there has been an increased interest in develo** aerial robotic
platforms that exhibit gras** and perching capabilities not only within the research …

Limited flight duration is a considerable obstacle to the widespread application of micro
aerial vehicles (MAVs),–, especially for ultralightweight MAVs weighing less than 10 g …

Perching-and-takeoff robot can effectively economize onboard power and achieve long
endurance. However, dynamic perching on moving targets for a perching-and-takeoff robot …

The grand challenge toward the miniaturization of untethered robots is the lack of a proper
actuation system that can effectively transform the limited onboard energy into an untethered …

Autonomous micro aerial vehicles are deployed for a variety of tasks including surveillance
and monitoring. Perching and staring allow the vehicle to monitor targets without flying …

The flight time of aircraft rapidly decreases with smaller scales because the lift-to-drag ratio
decreases when scaling down. Aerial-surface locomotion, or perching is one energy efficient …

Bioinspired Flap**-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles (FWMAVs) have emerged over the last two
decades as a promising new type of robot. Their high thrustto-weight ratio, versatility, safety …

This letter reports an aerial robot–Quadrolltor, with the ability to roll and turn. Existing
bimodal quadrotors feature cylindrical rolling cages that are rotationally decoupled from the …

In nature, birds can freely observe and rest on the surface of objects such as tree branches,
mainly due to their flexible claws, thus this paper is inspired by bird perching and shows two …

This work presents a switched-capacitor (SC) actuator driver implemented in 180-nm silicon-
on-insulator (SOI) CMOS that uses multi-chip stacking to extend drive voltages beyond the …