Avian-Inspired Grasping For Quadrotor Micro Aerial Vehicles
Published on Feb 7, 2013
Article "Eagle-eyeing researchers design swooping quadrotors with claws"
by Nancy Owano
March 17, 2013
Precision Emplacement of Payloads, DARPA TTO Project
Published on Nov 29, 2012
Article "So this is how it ends: DARPA demos a flying drone with a 6-foot claw"Final demonstration video of autonomous "Precision Emplacement of Payloads" project for DARPA TTO. The V-Bat VTOL UAV is now equipped with a lightweight robotic arm that is guided by an on-board stereo vision system. The arm can reach 6 ft from the aircraft and precisely emplace a 1 lb payload on a specific fixed target.
by Jon Fingas
December 7, 2012
Bird flight a model for future flying robots
Published on Jun 11, 2013
In this video, Stanford Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor David Lentink discusses his study of flight. Professor Lentink hopes to build flying robots that are able to fly in complex environments.
AMAZING ROBOT BIRD!! Original RC Ornithopter!!
Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012
On February 23rd 2013 the inventor of this amazing machine passed away in a car accident. Sadly the SK Ornithopter goes with him. Thank you for your invention Sean. You will be missed
The original Sean Kinkade (SK) Park Hawk! Version 1! What an amazing machine. Its hard to believe when you first see it, but it is the easiest thing to fly and has proven to be quite robust. Robert found this gem hanging from the roof of one of our local hobby shops and had to pick it up. I had been eyeing it for quite a while and maybe I should have picked it up. Either way its a joy to witness and to fly.
Record Breaking Ornithopter by Ray Harlan
Uploaded on Apr 26, 2010
A free flight rubber powered ornithopter designed and built by Ray Harlan. This is a unique bi-wing canard
design intended for duration indoor flights using ultralight construction.
Ray's ornithopter achieved a record time in Cat IV -(Buildings with a ceiling higher
than 30m or 98'-5") of 19min 45sec in 1995.
Roy White currently holds the Cat IV record at 21m44s.
This demonstration flight took place at Lakehurst in Hanger No. 1 with a ceiling
height of over 170 ft. Ray is using a partial motor. The clip begins
with Ray winding the rubber motor to the desired torque, carefully mounting the loaded motor onto
the frame and launching it.
Stanford engineers develop a device for measuring how birds take flight
Published on Jan 15, 2015
A new device invented by David Lentink, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will answer long-held questions about the forces birds generate while flying, and could lead to the development of innovative, efficient unmanned aerial vehicles.
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