Progress on ‘pico’ air vehicles

First controlled vertical flight of a biologically inspired microrobot

(2011) Néstor O Pérez-Arancibia et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Effect of Flexural and Torsional Wing Flexibility on Lift Generation in Hoverfly Flight

(2011) Hiroto Tanaka et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Scalable nanostructured membranes for solid-oxide fuel cells

(2011) Masaru Tsuchiya et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

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

Aeromechanics of passive rotation in flapping flight

(2010) J. P. WHITNEY et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Passive Aerodynamic Drag Balancing in a Flapping-Wing Robotic Insect

(2010) P. S. Sreetharan et al.   JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN

Fabrication of corrugated artificial insect wings using laser micromachined molds

(2010) Hiroto Tanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Programmable matter by folding

(2010) E. Hawkes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel low-profile shape memory alloy torsional actuator

(2010) Jamie K Paik et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

The Accelerator Store framework for high-performance, low-power accelerator-based systems

(2010) Michael Lyons et al.   IEEE Computer Architecture Letters

Artificial insect wings of diverse morphology for flapping-wing micro air vehicles

(2009) J K Shang et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A novel multi-axis force sensor for microrobotics applications

(2009) R J Wood et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

The First Takeoff of a Biologically Inspired At-Scale Robotic Insect

(2008) R.J. Wood   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Microrobot Design Using Fiber Reinforced Composites

(2008) R. J. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN