Publications [#330065] of Silvia Ferrari

Papers Published

1. Clawson, TS; Fuller, SB; Wood, RJ; Ferrari, S, A blade element approach to modeling aerodynamic flight of an insect-scale robot, Proceedings of the American Control Conference (June, 2017), pp. 2843-2849, IEEE, ISBN 9781509059928 [doi]
   (last updated on 2021/09/05)

   Abstract:
   Recent manufacturing advances have allowed for the creation of gram and sub-gram insect-scale flapping robots. Most dynamic models of such robots to date have either assumed stroke-averaged forces or did not account for body motion. In order to design more robust and capable control methods, this paper incorporates blade element theory with a rigid-body dynamic model to calculate instantaneous aerodynamic forces during each wing stroke. As a result, the model accurately predicts body motions during flight.