Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones

Design principles for efficient, repeated jumpgliding

(2014) Alexis Lussier Desbiens et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A biomimetic vision-based hovercraft accounts for bees’ complex behaviour in various corridors

(2014) Frédéric L Roubieu et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Launching the AquaMAV: bioinspired design for aerial–aquatic robotic platforms

(2014) R Siddall et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Flocking algorithm for autonomous flying robots

(2014) Csaba Virágh et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Bio-inspired modeling and implementation of the ocelli visual system of flying insects

(2014) Gregory Gremillion et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Vision-Controlled Micro Flying Robots: From System Design to Autonomous Navigation and Mapping in GPS-Denied Environments

(2014) Davide Scaramuzza et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

MultiMo-Bat: A biologically inspired integrated jumping–gliding robot

(2014) Matthew A. Woodward et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Autonomous Visual Mapping and Exploration With a Micro Aerial Vehicle

(2014) Lionel Heng et al.   Journal of Field Robotics

Controlling free flight of a robotic fly using an onboard vision sensor inspired by insect ocelli

(2014) S. B. Fuller et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A Collision-resilient Flying Robot

(2013) Adrien Briod et al.   Journal of Field Robotics

On-Board Dual-Stereo-Vision for the Navigation of an Autonomous MAV

(2013) Konstantin Schauwecker et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye

(2013) Young Min Song et al.   NATURE

A universal strategy for visually guided landing

(2013) E. Baird et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Miniature curved artificial compound eyes

(2013) Dario Floreano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

3-D relative positioning sensor for indoor flying robots

(2012) James F. Roberts et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Design, aerodynamics and autonomy of the DelFly

(2012) G C H E de Croon et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Visual Odometry : Part II: Matching, Robustness, Optimization, and Applications

(2012) Friedrich Fraundorfer et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Biologically Inspired Optical-Flow Sensing for Altitude Control of Flapping-Wing Microrobots

(2012) Pierre-Emile J. Duhamel et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Progress on ‘pico’ air vehicles

(2012) RJ Wood et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Opportunities and challenges with autonomous micro aerial vehicles

(2012) Vijay Kumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors

(2012) Daniel Mellinger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Monolithic fabrication of millimeter-scale machines

(2012) P S Sreetharan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Equilibrium Transition Study for a Hybrid MAV

(2012) Maxime Itasse et al.   International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

A wing-assisted running robot and implications for avian flight evolution

(2011) K Peterson et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Visual Odometry [Tutorial]

(2011) Davide Scaramuzza et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Distributed power and control actuation in the thoracic mechanics of a robotic insect

(2010) Benjamin M Finio et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Visual Control of Altitude in Flying Drosophila

(2010) Andrew D. Straw et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Honeybees change their height to restore their optic flow

(2010) Geoffrey Portelli et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Hierarchical group dynamics in pigeon flocks

(2010) Máté Nagy et al.   NATURE

Autonomous Flight in Unknown Indoor Environments

(2010) Abraham Bachrach et al.   International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

Vision-based control of near-obstacle flight

(2009) Antoine Beyeler et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Implementation of wide-field integration of optic flow for autonomous quadrotor navigation

(2009) Joseph Conroy et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Optic flow-based vision system for autonomous 3D localization and control of small aerial vehicles

(2009) Farid Kendoul et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Vision-based terrain following for an unmanned rotorcraft

(2008) Matthew A. Garratt et al.   Journal of Field Robotics

A biologically inspired micro-vehicle capable of aerial and terrestrial locomotion

(2008) Richard J. Bachmann et al.   MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY

A bee in the corridor: centering and wall-following

(2008) Julien R. Serres et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Interaction ruling animal collective behavior depends on topological rather than metric distance: Evidence from a field study

(2008) M. Ballerini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA