ReviewJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2017
Inspiration for wing design: how forelimb specialization enables active flight in modern vertebrates.
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- Bridging Biology and Engineering: Unsteady Aerodynamics and Biomimetic Design of Micro Air Vehicles.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Flapping-wing robot achieves bird-style self-takeoff by adopting reconfigurable mechanisms.Science advances · 2025Article
- Functional anatomy of the wing muscles of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) using dissection and diceCT.Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Alcids-like flapping wing for exploring the role of wing folding in underwater locomotion.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Subtle frequency matching reveals resonant phenomenon in the flight of Odonata.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
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- Phase transformation-driven artificial muscle mimics the multifunctionality of avian wing muscle.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- Correlation between wing bone microstructure and different flight styles: The case of the griffon vulture (gyps fulvus) and greater flamingo (phoenicopterus roseus).Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Phylogeny and foraging behaviour shape modular morphological variation in bat humeri.Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Flexible Flaps Inspired by Avian Feathers Can Enhance Aerodynamic Robustness in low Reynolds Number Airfoils.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- Range of motion in the avian wing is strongly associated with flight behavior and body mass.Science advances · 2019Article
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Abstract
Harnessing flight strategies refined by millions of years of evolution can help expedite the design of more efficient, manoeuvrable and robust flying robots. This review synthesizes recent advances and highlights remaining gaps in our understanding of how bird and bat wing adaptations enable effective flight. Included in this discussion is an evaluation of how current robotic analogues measure up to their biological sources of inspiration. Studies of vertebrate wings have revealed skeletal systems well suited for enduring the loads required during flight, but the mechanisms that drive coordinated motions between bones and connected integuments remain ill-described. Similarly, vertebrate flight muscles have adapted to sustain increased wing loading, but a lack of
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