Rock and Roll b How flies control their flight

by Tsevi Beatus

at Physics Colloquium

Thu, 22 Jan 2015, 15:30
Physics building (#54) room 207

Abstract

Flying insects can perform a wide array of extreme aerial maneuvers with exquisite accuracy and robustness outmaneuvering any man made flying device As a physical system a flapping insect is strongly nonlinear with fast growing mechanical instabilities that must be controlled to allow flight Hence similar to balancing a stick on one s fingertip flapping flight is a delicate balancing act made possible only by ever present fast corrective actions Understanding the underlying mechanisms of insect flight is

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