From insects to microvehicles

Robin Wootton ()
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Robin Wootton: the School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Hatherly Laboratories

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6766, 144-145

Abstract: Insects are superb flying machines — many can hover and manoeuvre with great precision, all the time taking in information about their surroundings. These capabilities would be immensely useful in surveillance and industrial fault-location. A growing understanding of the principles of insect flight is paving the way to the realization of such micro-air-vehicles, although formidable engineering challenges remain.

Date: 2000
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