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Energetic and Control Trade-offs in Spring-Wing Systems
James Lynch, Ethan S. Wold, Jeff Gau +2
Flying insects are thought to achieve energy-efficient flapping flight by storing and releasing elastic energy in their muscles, tendons, and thorax. However, flight systems consis…
Dimensional analysis of spring-wing systems reveals performance metrics for resonant flapping-wing flight
James Lynch, Jeffrey Gau, Simon Sponberg +1
Flapping-wing insects, birds, and robots are thought to offset the high power cost of oscillatory wing motion by using elastic elements for energy storage and return. Insects posse…
Towards a terramechanics for bio-inspired locomotion in granular environments
Chen Li, Yang Ding, Nick Gravish +6
Granular media (GM) present locomotor challenges for terrestrial and extraterrestrial devices because they can flow and solidify in response to localized intrusion of wheels, limbs…
Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes
Hamidreza Marvi, Chaohui Gong, Nick Gravish +7
Limbless organisms such as snakes can navigate nearly all terrain. In particular, desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes) operate effectively on inclined granul…
Climbing, falling and jamming during ant locomotion in confined environments
Nick Gravish, Daria Monaenkova, Michael A. D. Goodisman +1
Locomotion emerges from effective interactions of an individual with its environment. Principles of biological terrestrial locomotion have been discovered on unconfined vertical an…