Mechanical Intelligence in Millimeter-Scale Machines

Advances in millimeter-scale fabrication processes have enabled rapid progress towards the development of flapping wing micro air vehicles with wing spans of several centimeters and a system mass on the order of 100mg. Concerning flight stability and control mechanisms for these mass and power limit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sreetharan, Pratheev Sabaratnam
Other Authors: Wood, Robert J.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
Subjects:
MAV
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10426
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10085979