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020 _a9783540893929 (hbk.)
020 _a354089392X (hbk.)
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020 _a9783540893936 (ebk.)
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050 0 0 _aTJ211.495
_b.F59 2009
082 0 4 _a629.892
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245 0 0 _aFlying insects and robots /
_cDario Floreano ... [et al.], editors.
264 _aHeidelberg ;
_aNew York :
_bSpringer,
_c[2009]
264 4 _a©2009.
300 _axii, 316 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c27 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aExperimental Approaches Toward a Functional Understanding of Insect Flight Control.- From Visual Guidance in Flying Insects to Autonomous Aerial Vehicles.- Optic Flow Based Autopilots: Speed Control and Obstacle Avoidance.- Active Vision in Blowflies: Strategies and Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation.- Wide-Field Integration Methods for Visuomotor Control.- Optic Flow to Steer and Avoid Collisions in 3D.- Visual Homing in Insects and Robots.- Motion Detection Chips for Robotic Platforms.- Insect-Inspired Odometry by Optic Flow Recorded with Optical Mouse Chips.- Microoptical Artificial Compound Eyes.- Flexible Wings and Fluid-Structure Interactions for Micro-Air Vehicles.- Flow Control Using Flapping Wings for an Efficient Low-Speed Micro-Air Vehicle.- A Passively Stable Hovering Flapping Micro-Air Vehicle.- The Scalable Design of Flapping Micro-Air Vehicles Inspired by Insect Flight.- Springy Shells, Pliant Plates and Minimal Motors: Abstracting the Insect Thorax to Drive a Micro-Air Vehicle.- Challenges for 100 Milligram Flapping Flight.- The Limits of Turning Control in Flying Insects.- A Miniature Vehicle with Extended Aerial and Terrestrial Mobility.- Towards a Self-Deploying and Gliding Robot.- Solar-Powered Micro-air Vehicles and Challenges in Downscaling.- Technology and Fabrication of Ultralight Micro-Aerial Vehicles.
520 _aUnderstanding flight mechanics of insects can aid engineers in developing intelligent flying robots. In this seminal book, biologists and engineers detail the mechanics, technology, and intelligence of insects then discuss potential benefits of their research.
650 0 _aAutonomous robots.
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650 0 _aAutonomous robots
_xDesign and construction.
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650 0 _aMobile robots.
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650 0 _aMobile robots
_xDesign and construction.
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650 0 _aInsects
_xLocomotion
_xSimulation methods.
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700 1 _aFloreano, Dario.
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_eauthor
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