Remote radio control of insect flight reveals why beetles lift their legs in flight while other insects tightly fold

• Main Authors: Kosaka, Takumi, Gan, Jia Hui, Long, Le Duc, Umezu, Shinjiro, Sato, Hirotaka
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Insect Flight; Free Flight
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160207
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the research and development of micro air vehicles, understanding and imitating the flight mechanism of insects presents a viable way of progressing forward. While research is being conducted on the flight mechanism of insects such as flies and dragonflies, research on beetles that can carry larg...