Spring and Power in Hovering Ornithopters
Only small ornithopters can hover, longest at the hummingbird size. This article reviews the drive and power of these hovering machines, focusing on elastic energy and thrust boosters. Unlike two‐winged designs, X‐winged and multiple‐V‐winged ornithopters benefit from lower disk loading and slower, smaller wingbeats, and the clap‐and‐fling effect ...
Gih‐Keong Lau+4 more
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Morphy: A Compliant and Morphologically Aware Flying Robot
This study presents Morphy, a 25.2 cm‐wide, 260 g aerial robot with flexible, sensorized joints that enable it to withstand high‐speed collisions and squeeze through narrow spaces. Powered by an adaptive control scheme exploiting real‐time morphology feedback, Morphy demonstrates resilience in trajectory tracking, collision, and impact recovery and ...
Paolo De Petris+2 more
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Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Primary Damage with Electronic Stopping in Indium Phosphide. [PDF]
Bai Y+6 more
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PairTilt: Design and Control of an Active Tilt‐Rotor Quadcopter for Improved Efficiency and Agility
PairTilt is an actuated tilt‐rotor unmanned aerial vehicle capable of active shape reconfiguration, balancing simplicity, efficiency, and agility. Its H‐shaped frame incorporates pairwise tiltable rotors, which reduce gyroscopic torque and decouple key dynamics, enhancing maneuverability and reducing drag.
Jerry Tang, Mark W. Mueller
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Discrete element simulation of buzz pollination in tomato. [PDF]
Shi Q+7 more
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This article proposes a novel data‐driven approach for force contact location sensing (FCLS), based on scatter signals of the ultrasonic waveguide, with the influence of sensor strain and forces. The experimental results indicate that the accuracy of the proposed FCLS method has an mean absolute error loss of 0.627 mm and a mean relative error loss of ...
Zhiheng Li+3 more
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Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials. [PDF]
Svyetlichnyy D.
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DBO-AWOA: An Adaptive Whale Optimization Algorithm for Global Optimization and UAV 3D Path Planning. [PDF]
Xu T, Chen C.
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Influence of surfactant type on the microstructure, mechanical and thermal properties of phenolic foams. [PDF]
Shadnia MH, Rasouli S, Fasihi M.
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Towards Secure Internet of Things: A Coercion-Resistant Attribute-Based Encryption Scheme with Policy Revocation. [PDF]
Zhai Y, Wang T, Zhou Y, Zhu F, Yang B.
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