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Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs
Won Dong Shin, Hoang-Vu Phan, Monica A. Daley +2
Most birds can navigate seamlessly between aerial and terrestrial environments. Whereas the forelimbs evolved into wings primarily for flight, the hindlimbs serve diverse functions…
Passive wing deployment and retraction in beetles and flapping microrobots
Hoang-Vu Phan, Hoon Cheol Park, Dario Floreano
Birds, bats and many insects can tuck their wings against their bodies at rest and deploy them to power flight. Whereas birds and bats use well-developed pectoral and wing muscles…
Crash-perching on vertical poles with a hugging-wing robot
Mohammad Askari, Michele Benciolini, Hoang-Vu Phan +3
Perching with winged Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has often been solved by means of complex control or intricate appendages. Here, we present a simple yet novel method that relies on p…