This paper establishes and analyzes a high-fidelity nonlinear time-periodic dynamic model and the corresponding state ob......

Most insects and hummingbirds can generate lift during both upstroke and downstroke with a nearly horizontal flapping st......

Vertical Take-off and Landing(VTOL),agile manoeuvring,and hovering flight are extremely desirable characteristics of ins......

Micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) have drawn a great deal of interest in the past decade due to the advances in micro technol......

　　Natural flyers with reciprocating flapping wings excel the traditional fixed wings and rotational wings in agility a......