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 …

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 …

Flapping micro-air vehicles (MAVs) can access a wide range of locations, including confined
spaces such as the inside of industrial plants and collapsed buildings, and offer high …

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 …

Limited flight duration is a considerable obstacle to the widespread application of micro
aerial vehicles (MAVs),–, especially for ultralightweight MAVs weighing less than 10 g …

This study proposes a novel bistable nonlinear electromagnetic actuator with elastic
boundary (BEMA-EB) to enhance the actuation performance when controlled by a harmonic …

Most of the driving mechanisms used in micro flapping wing vehicles are gear and linkage
transmission mechanisms, which convert the unidirectional rotation of the motor into the …

The excellent biological characteristics of insects provide an important source of inspiration
for designing micro air vehicles (MAVs). Insect flight is an incredibly complex and energy …

The bamboo weevil, Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, has excellent flight ability and strong
environmental adaptability. When it flies, its fore wings and hind wings are unfolded …

In this study, an iterative design window (DW) search using nonlinear dynamic simulation
was proposed for polymer micromachined flapping-wing nano air vehicles (FWNAVs) that …