Insects, birds, and bats that power and control flight by flapping their wings perform excellent
flight stability and maneuverability by rapidly and continuously varying their wing motions …

Flying insects are able to hover and perform agile maneuvers by relying on their flapping
wings to produce control forces, as well as flight forces, due to the absence of tail control …

Flight speed is positively correlated with body size in animals. However, miniature
featherwing beetles can fly at speeds and accelerations of insects three times their size …

Wind-dispersed plants have evolved ingenious ways to lift their seeds,. The common
dandelion uses a bundle of drag-enhancing bristles (the pappus) that helps to keep their …

Many of the existing winged-insect species are extremely small (wing length≈ 0.3–4 mm);
they are referred to as miniature insects. Yet, until recently much of our knowledge about the …

Most insects and hummingbirds can generate lift during both upstroke and downstroke with
a nearly horizontal flapping stroke plane, and perform precise hovering flight. Further, most …

The robust self-cleaning of a lotus leaf is the most classic and powerful phenomenon in
nature, whose hybrid papillae and biological wax guarantee its functions. The stability of the …

Aerodynamic force generation capacity of the wing of a miniature beetle Paratuposa
placentis is evaluated using a combined experimental and numerical approach. The wing …

The smallest flying insects commonly possess wings with long bristles. Little quantitative
information is available on the morphology of these bristles, and their functional importance …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have wide application prospects in environmental monitoring,
disaster rescue and other civil fields because of their flexibility and maneuverability …