The swimming of aquatic animals and flying of insects and birds have fascinated physicists
and biologists for more than a century. In this regard, great efforts have been made to …

As one of few animals with the capability to execute agile yawing maneuvers, it is quite
desirable to take inspiration from hummingbird flight aerodynamics. To understand the wing …

Penguins are adapted to underwater life and have excellent swimming abilities. Although
previous motion analyses revealed their basic swimming characteristics, the details of the …

Motivated by a bioinspired optimal aerodynamic design of a multi-propeller configuration,
here we propose a ducted multi-propeller design to explore the improvement of lift force …

Hovering hummingbirds have inspired small flapping-wing aerial robots. Natural flyers,
including hummingbirds and bats, undergo torsional wing deformation during flapping flight …

Typically, a twisting morphing wing of flying or swimming robots has one spanwise shaft and
many ribs, the ribs can swing in their individual planes perpendicular to the shaft or the …

Motivated by optimal combination of paired wings configuration and troke-plane inclination
in biological flapping flights that can achieve high aerodynamic performance, we propose a …

Birds primarily create and control the forces necessary for flight through changing the shape
and orientation of their wings and tail. Their wing geometry is characterised by complex …

The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome is an important mediator and indicator of host
physiology, health and fitness in many vertebrate systems, but sources of variation in …

Flying insects can maintain maneuverability in the air by flapping their wings, and, to save
energy, the wings should operate following optimal kinematics. However, unlike …