Birds use their claws to perch on branches, which helps them to recover energy and observe their surroundings; however, most biomimetic flapping-wing aircraft can only fly, not perch. This study was conducted on the basis of bionic principles to repl...
This study investigates the unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms underlying the efficient flight of birds and proposes a biomimetic flapping-wing aircraft design utilizing a double-crank double-rocker mechanism. Building upon a detailed analysis of avian...
Flapping flight is an important mode of insect flight, and its unique flapping motion pattern enables it to fly efficiently in complex environments. This paper takes a biomimetic moth flapping-wing aircraft as the research object and proposes a perio...
This paper presents FWStab, a specialized video stabilization dataset tailored for flapping-wing platforms. The dataset encompasses five typical flight scenarios, featuring 48 video clips with intense dynamic jitter. The corresponding Inertial Measur...
To achieve miniaturization and lightweight design of a flapping-wing aircraft, a high-performance biomimetic butterfly flyer was designed based on an analysis of the butterfly’s body structure and flight principles. The aircraft has a mass of 2...
Since the invention of the aircraft, there has been a need for better surface design to enhance performance. This thirst has driven many aerodynamicists to develop various types of aerofoils. Most researchers have strongly assumed that smooth surface...
The flapping-wing ornithopter is an aircraft that imitates the flight of birds in nature. It has significant potential and value in various fields such as surveying, search and rescue, military reconnaissance, and unmanned warfare, due to its biomime...
Accelerating the development of agricultural aviation technology is the need of China’s modern agricultural construction. With the rise of emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, autonomous navigation, and the Internet of...
A hybrid aquatic–aerial vehicle (HAAV) is a novel type of aircraft capable of both aerial flight and underwater navigation. Inspired by the swan’s gliding and landing motion on water surfaces, this study investigates the dynamic modeling...
Micro air vehicles (MAVs) operating at low Reynolds numbers face aerodynamic and structural challenges that differ significantly from those encountered by conventional aircrafts. Nature provides effective solutions to these constraints, as insects, b...
Flight-by-feel (FBF) is an approach to flight control that uses dispersed sensors on the wings of aircraft to detect flight state. While biological FBF systems, such as the wings of insects, often contain hundreds of strain and flow sensors, artifici...
The flexibility of insect wings should be considered in the design of bionic micro flapping-wing aircraft. The honeybee is an ideal biomimetic object because its wings are small and possess a concise vein pattern. In this paper, we focus on resilin,...
Birds actively modulate their wing and tail morphologies to achieve high aerodynamic efficiency and maneuverability, enabling long-duration gliding while retaining the ability to execute rapid maneuvers. Innovations in aircraft design and control are...
To improve the continuous chordwise bending performance of morphing wings, this study proposes a rigid–flexible coupled wing rib structure and its control strategy. Initially, the optimal rigid–flexible hybrid configuration was optimized...
High-resolution electronics on complex curved surfaces have wide applications in fields such as biometric health monitoring, intelligent aircraft skins, conformal displays, and biomimetics. However, current manufacturing processes can only adapt to l...
This study focuses on the longitudinal dynamic stability of swifts in cruising forward flight, which is critical for their high maneuverability but remains insufficiently investigated. Understanding longitudinal dynamic stability is the essential pre...
Under high-Mach-number flight conditions, the combustion chambers of hypersonic vehicles encounter extreme thermal environments marked by unilateral heating, high-heat-flux density, and supercritical pressure. Traditional hydrocarbon fuel cooling oft...