A new twist on gyroscopic sensing: body rotations lead to torsion in flapping, flexing insect wings

Fluid–structure interaction in compliant insect wings

(2014) A L Eberle et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Control of moth flight posture is mediated by wing mechanosensory feedback

(2014) B. H. Dickerson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Wireless Stimulation of Antennal Muscles in Freely Flying Hawkmoths Leads to Flight Path Changes

(2012) Armin J. Hinterwirth et al.   PLoS One

Aerodynamic performance of a hovering hawkmoth with flexible wings: a computational approach

(2011) T. Nakata et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vortexlet models of flapping flexible wings show tuning for force production and control

(2010) A M Mountcastle et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Antennae in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) mediate abdominal flexion in response to mechanical stimuli

(2010) Armin J. Hinterwirth et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Encoding properties of haltere neurons enable motion feature detection in a biological gyroscope

(2010) Jessica L. Fox et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wide-field motion tuning in nocturnal hawkmoths

(2009) J. C. Theobald et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Wingbeat Time and the Scaling of Passive Rotational Damping in Flapping Flight

(2009) T. L. Hedrick et al.   SCIENCE

Details of Insect Wing Design and Deformation Enhance Aerodynamic Function and Flight Efficiency

(2009) J. Young et al.   SCIENCE

A neural basis for gyroscopic force measurement in the halteres of Holorusia

(2008) J. L. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing

(2008) M. Vanella et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

On the natural frequencies and mode shapes of dragonfly wings

(2008) Jen-San Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION

Deformable wing kinematics in the desert locust: how and why do camber, twist and topography vary through the stroke?

(2008) S. M. Walker et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A novel piezoelectrically actuated flexural/torsional vibrating beam gyroscope

(2007) Vikrant Bhadbhade et al.   JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION