3 papers
cs.RO2026
Flight through Narrow Gaps with Morphing-Wing Drones
Julius Wanner, Hoang-Vu Phan, Charbel Toumieh +1
The size of a narrow gap traversable by a fixed-wing drone is limited by its wingspan. Inspired by birds, here, we enable the traversal of a gap of sub-wingspan width and height us…
cs.RO2024
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…
physics.bio-ph2024
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…