Imperial College London
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ProfessorMirkoKovac

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

Professor in Aerial Robotics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5063m.kovac Website

 
 
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Location

 

326City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Kovač:2011:10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181502,
author = {Kova, M and Wassim-Hraiz and Fauria, O and Zufferey, JC and Floreano, D},
doi = {10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181502},
pages = {1503--1508},
title = {The EPFL jumpglider: A hybrid jumping and gliding robot with rigid or folding wings},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181502},
year = {2011}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Recent work suggests that wings can be used to prolong the jumps of miniature jumping robots. However, no functional miniature jumping robot has been presented so far that can successfully apply this hybrid locomotion principle. In this publication, we present the development and characterization of the 'EPFL jumpglider', a miniature robot that can prolong its jumps using steered hybrid jumping and gliding locomotion over varied terrain. For example, it can safely descend from elevated positions such as stairs and buildings and propagate on ground with small jumps. The publication presents a systematic evaluation of three biologically inspired wing folding mechanisms and a rigid wing design. Based on this evaluation, two wing designs are implemented and compared 1. © 2011 IEEE.
AU  - Kova,M
AU  - Wassim-Hraiz
AU  - Fauria,O
AU  - Zufferey,JC
AU  - Floreano,D
DO  - 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181502
EP  - 1508
PY  - 2011///
SP  - 1503
TI  - The EPFL jumpglider: A hybrid jumping and gliding robot with rigid or folding wings
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181502
ER  -
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