More than a million insects and approximately 11,000 vertebrates utilize flapping wings to
fly. However, flapping flight has only been studied in a few of these species, so many …

Biomachine hybrid robots have been proposed for important scenarios, such as wilderness
rescue, ecological monitoring, and hazardous area surveying. The energy supply unit used …

The creation of autonomous subgram microrobots capable of complex behaviors remains a
grand challenge in robotics largely due to the lack of microactuators with high work densities …

In most animals, the brain controls the body via a set of descending neurons (DNs) that
traverse the neck. DN activity activates, maintains or modulates locomotion and other …

In arthropods, evolution has created a remarkably sophisticated class of imaging systems,
with a wide-angle field of view, low aberrations, high acuity to motion and an infinite depth of …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to revolutionize our sensing and information
gathering capabilities in areas such as environmental monitoring and homeland security …

Body size is a key feature of organisms and varies continuously because of the effects of
natural selection on the size‐dependency of resource acquisition and mortality rates. This …

The flight of insects has fascinated physicists and biologists for more than a century. Yet,
until recently, researchers were unable to rigorously quantify the complex wing motions of …

Discovery of fundamental principles which govern and limit effective locomotion (self-
propulsion) is of intellectual interest and practical importance. Human technology has …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …