Search Results - "Dickinson, M.H."

Flight Dynamics and Control of Evasive Maneuvers: The Fruit Fly's Takeoff by Zabala, Francisco A., Card, Gwyneth M., Fontaine, Ebraheem I., Dickinson, Michael H., Murray, Richard M.

“…We have approached the problem of reverse-engineering the flight control mechanism of the fruit fly by studying the dynamics of the responses to a visual…”
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control of wing kinematics by two steering muscles of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina) by Tu, M.S, Dickinson, M.H

“…We used a combination of high speed video and electrophysiological recordings to investigate the relationship between wing kinematics and the firing patterns…”
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Phosphorylation-dependent power output of transgenic flies: an integrated study by Dickinson, M.H., Hyatt, C.J., Lehmann, F.O., Moore, J.R., Reedy, M.C., Simcox, A., Tohtong, R., Vigoreaux, J.O., Yamashita, H., Maughan, D.W.

“…We examine how the structure and function of indirect flight muscle (IFM) and the entire flight system of Drosophila melanogaster are affected by…”
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Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings by Lentink, David, Dickinson, Michael H

“…The aerodynamic performance of hovering insects is largely explained by the presence of a stably attached leading edge vortex (LEV) on top of their wings…”
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Biofluiddynamic scaling of flapping, spinning and translating fins and wings by Lentink, David, Dickinson, Michael H

“…Organisms that swim or fly with fins or wings physically interact with the surrounding water and air. The interactions are governed by the morphology and…”
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Body saccades of Drosophila consist of stereotyped banked turns by Muijres, Florian T, Elzinga, Michael J, Iwasaki, Nicole A, Dickinson, Michael H

“…The flight pattern of many fly species consists of straight flight segments interspersed with rapid turns called body saccades, a strategy that is thought to…”
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Leading-Edge Vortices Elevate Lift of Autorotating Plant Seeds by Lentink, D, Dickson, W.B, van Leeuwen, J.L, Dickinson, M.H

“…As they descend, the autorotating seeds of maples and some other trees generate unexpectedly high lift, but how they attain this elevated performance is…”
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Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect by Fearing, R.S., Chiang, K.H., Dickinson, M.H., Pick, D.L., Sitti, M., Yan, J.

“…Flapping wings provide unmatched manoeuvrability for flying microrobots. Recent advances in modelling insect aerodynamics show that adequate wing rotation at…”
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Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight by Dickinson, M.H, Lehmann, F.O, Sane, S.P

“…The enhanced aerodynamic performance of insects results from an interaction of three distinct yet interactive mechanisms: delayed stall, rotational…”
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Role of calcium in the regulation of mechanical power in insect flight by Gordon, S, Dickinson, M.H

“…Most flying insect species use "asynchronous" indirect flight muscles (A-IFMs) that are specialized to generate high mechanical power at fast contraction…”
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Turning dynamics and passive damping in flapping flight by Cheng, B., Fry, S.N., Huang, Q., Dickson, W.B., Dickinson, M.H., Deng, X.

“…We investigated whether flapping flight has an inherent stability by analyzing the inertial and aerodynamic effects of flapping wings on body dynamics. Based…”
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The Effect of Removing the N-Terminal Extension of the Drosophila Myosin Regulatory Light Chain upon Flight Ability and the Contractile Dynamics of Indirect Flight Muscle by Moore, Jeffrey R., Dickinson, Michael H., Vigoreaux, Jim O., Maughan, David W.

“…The Drosophila myosin regulatory light chain (DMLC2) is homologous to MLC2s of vertebrate organisms, except for the presence of a unique 46-amino acid…”
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A Control-Oriented Analysis of Bio-inspired Visuomotor Convergence by Humbert, J.S., Murray, R.M., Dickinson, M.H.

“…Insects exhibit incredibly robust closed loop fight dynamics in the face of uncertainties. A fundamental principle contributing to this unparalleled behavior…”
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Biologically Inspired Feedback Design for Drosophila Flight by Epstein, M., Waydo, S., Fuller, S.B., Dickson, W., Straw, A., Dickinson, M.H., Murray, R.M.

“…We use a biologically motivated model of the Drosophila's flight mechanics and sensor processing to design a feedback control scheme to regulate forward…”
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Dynamics of escaping flight initiations of Drosophila melanogaster by Zabalax, F.A., Card, G.M., Fontaine, E.I., Murray, R.M., Dickinson, M.H.

“…We present a reconstruction of the dynamics of flight initiation from kinematic data extracted from high-speed video recordings of the fruit fly Drosophila…”
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Vision as a compensatory mechanism for disturbance rejection in upwind flight by Reiser, M.B., Humbert, J.S., Dunlop, M.J., Del Vecchio, D., Murray, R.M., Dickinson, M.H.

“…Recent experimental results demonstrate that flies possess a robust tendency to orient towards the frontally-centered focus of the visual motion field that…”
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