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Insect Communities as a Possible Driver of Bird Activity in the Grasslands of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport: Implications for Bird-Strike Prevention

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As one of the busiest airports in East China, effective bird-strike prevention is of paramount importance for Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. Ground-dwelling insects in airport grasslands serve as a critical food source for insectivorous birds ...
Chunlin An, Lei Han, Yingjun Wu, Huachao Xu   +3 more
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An indicial-polhamus model of aerodynamics of insect-like flapping wings in hover [PDF]

, 2011
As part of the ongoing development of Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FMAV) prototypes at RMCS Shrivenham,a model of insect-like wing aerodynamics in hover has been developed, and implemented as MATLAB code.The model is intended to give better insight ...
Pedersen, C B
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Bio-Inspired Visuomotor Convergence in Navigation and Flight Control Systems

, 2005
Insects exhibit incredibly robust closed loop flight dynamics in the face of uncertainties. A fundamental principle contributing to this unparalleled behavior is rapid processing and convergence of visual sensory information to flight motor commands via ...
Humbert, James Sean
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
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Local motion adaptation enhances the representation of spatial structure at EMD arrays. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2017
Neuronal representation and extraction of spatial information are essential for behavioral control. For flying insects, a plausible way to gain spatial information is to exploit distance-dependent optic flow that is generated during translational self ...
Jinglin Li, Jens P Lindemann, Martin Egelhaaf   +2 more
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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, X. Ma   +14 more
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Tomographic reconstruction of neopterous Carboniferous insect nymphs

, 2012
Two new polyneopteran insect nymphs from the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte of France are presented. Both are preserved in three dimensions, and are imaged with the aid of X-ray micro-tomography, allowing their morphology to be recovered in unprecedented
Withers, Philip; id_orcid, Andrew Ross, Daniel Sotty (132904), Chabard, Dominique, Dominique Chabard (132908), Chabard Dominique, Daniel Sotty, Philip J Withers, Ross, Andrew, Withers, P J, Sotty, D, Garwood, Russell; id_orcid, Garwood, R, Sotty Daniel, Russell Garwood (132898), Charbonnier, S, Andrew Ross (132901), Philip J. Withers, Philip J. Withers (126391), Dominique Chabard, Withers Philip J., Russell Garwood, Sotty, Daniel, Charbonnier, Sylvain, Garwood Russell, Sylvain Charbonnier, Charbonnier Sylvain, Mark Sutton, Mark Sutton (63099), Sylvain Charbonnier (132912), Sutton, M, Chabard, D, Sutton, Mark, Sutton Mark, Ross Andrew   +34 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Neuromechanism study of insect-machine interface: flight control by neural electrical stimulation.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The insect-machine interface (IMI) is a novel approach developed for man-made air vehicles, which directly controls insect flight by either neuromuscular or neural stimulation.
Huixia Zhao, Nenggan Zheng, Willi A Ribi, Huoqing Zheng, Lei Xue, Fan Gong, Xiaoxiang Zheng, Fuliang Hu   +7 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source