It has been observed that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have
been used in a very different way over time. The advancements in key UAV areas include …

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 …

An insect-like tailless flapping wing micro air vehicle (FW-MAV) without feedback control
eventually becomes unstable after takeoff. Flying an insect-like tailless FW-MAV is more …

Humans' initial desire for flight stems from the imitation of flying creatures in nature. The
excellent flight performance of flying animals will inevitably become a source of inspiration …

This paper describes the results of a six-year project aiming at designing and constructing a
flapping twin-wing robot of the size of hummingbird (Colibri in French) capable of hovering …

Flying insects are able to navigate complex and highly dynamic environments, can rapidly
change their flight speeds and directions, are robust to environmental disturbances, and are …

Flying insects are interesting dipteras with an outstanding wing structure that makes their
flight efficient. It is challenging to mimic flying insects and create effective artificial flapping …

The aerobatic maneuvers of swifts could be very useful for micro aerial vehicle missions.
Rapid arrests and turns would allow flight in cluttered and unstructured spaces. However …

Tiny “gnat robots,” weighing just a few milligrams, were first conjectured in the 1980s. How to
stabilize one if it were to hover like a small insect has not been answered. Challenges …

Flying insects have evolved sophisticated sensory–motor systems, and here we argue that
such systems are used to keep upright against intrinsic flight instabilities. We describe a …