Inspired by novel creatures, researchers have developed varieties of fog drop transport
systems and made significant contributions to the fields of heat transferring, water collecting …

Unlike other flying insects, the wing motion of swallowtail butterflies is basically limited to
flapping because their fore wings partly overlap their hind wings, structurally restricting the …

This paper describes the fabrication of an artificial insect wing with a rich set of topological
features by micromolding a thermosetting resin. An example 12 mm long hoverfly-like wing …

Many insects are well adapted to long-distance migration despite the larger energetic costs
of flight for small body sizes. To optimize wing design for next-generation flying micro-robots …

Insect wings consist of supporting veins and flexible membranes using fibrous composite
material. This paper describes a method of wing design and fabrication based on composite …

Butterflies are agile fliers which use inactive and active upstrokes (US). The active US plays
a secondary role to the downstroke (DS), generating both thrust and negative vertical force …

The wing flapping motion of butterfly is more straight forward, and its wing morphology is
simple. The wingspan is also large enough to make it as a mid-size ornithopter. Based on …

A butterfly is a unique flying insect that can fly at a low flapping frequency of 10-15 Hz.
Therefore, it consumes little energy while flying. However, the mechanism of lowfrequency …

One of the main challenges for sustained flight of current aerial micro robots is the low
energy density available from common power sources. In this paper we propose solid rocket …

This paper presents a novel foldable flapping wing micro air vehicle (MAV). This design of
the proposed MAV is inspired from origami bird with flapping wings. The proposed method …