4 accepted papers
Most birds in nature rely on jumping for takeoff. Flapping-Wing Robots can flap and fly like birds but require an operator to take off, which are unable to generate sufficient lift to maintain flight at a low airspeed and must accelerate to take-off speed in a short time. It poses a challenge for th
Large flapping-wing aerial vehicles (FWAVs) face dual challenges in aerodynamic and structural design, with long-standing technical bottlenecks, particularly in roll maneuvers. In this study, by reverse-engineering the biomechanical mechanisms of raptor flight, we propose a bio-inspired wing-shoulde
Accurate state estimation of micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) in high-speed and dynamic environments poses a significant challenge for visual-inertial odometry (VIO) algorithms. Flapping-wing aerial vehicles (FWAVs), as an emerging flight platform, have attracted significant attention for stealth capabi
In this work, we achieved a self-takeoff of an eagle-scale flapping-wing robot for the first time. Inspired by the takeoff process of Ospreys, we propose a bio-inspired takeoff strategy, then discuss the dynamic model and the requirements for self-takeoff. Based on the requirements of flight strateg…