Development of a highly agile and programmable insect-inspired flying robot. The DelFly Nimble is controlled through adjustments of the motion of its four wings. It can hover or fly in any direction: forward, backward, up, down, or sideways. The robot, featured on the cover of the Science magazine, can be used for insect flight research.
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Flow measurements near the wings and in the wake of a free-flying flapping wing robot using PIV and PTV techniques, with an optical motion tracking system in the loop for robot’s position control. A collaboration of MAVLab and Aerodynamics group of TU Delft.
A lightweight, yet fully autonomous insect-inspired flapping wing robot controlled by an onboard autopilot computer and a stereo vision system. Its capabilities were demonstrated in a multiroom exploration task.
Development of a hummingbird-like robot with flapping wings, a topic of my PhD thesis at Université Libre de Bruxelles.