Morphing wings have a large potential to improve the overall aircraft performances, in a way
like natural flyers do. By adapting or optimising dynamically the shape to various flight …

Soft robotics and its related technologies enable robot abilities in several robotics domains
including, but not exclusively related to, manipulation, manufacturing, human–robot …

Recently, there has been growing interest in developing hybrid aerial vehicles (HAUV)
capable of operating in air and water and performing continuous and uninterrupted high …

The aerodynamic designs of winged drones are optimized for specific flight regimes. Large
lifting surfaces provide maneuverability and agility but result in larger power consumption …

In recent years, there has been a growing need for vehicles with air-water amphibious
capacities for both military and civil applications, and the technological advances in …

Hybrid aerial underwater vehicle is a novelty able to fly and swim, which is extensively
suitable for missions like water sampling, observing semi-submerged structure, and …

Compared with traditional underwater vehicles, bio-inspired fish robots have the advantages
of high efficiency, high maneuverability, low noise, and minor fluid disturbance. Therefore …

This paper presents test results and performance characterization of the first fixed-wing
unmanned vehicle capable of full cross-domain operation in both the aerial and underwater …

Owls are an order of birds of prey that are known for the development of a silent flight. We
review here the morphological adaptations of owls leading to silent flight and discuss also …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have a variety of applications in our daily life that
have attracted the attention of many researchers around the world. There are a variety of …