On the controllability of fixed-wing perching

The ability of birds to perch robustly and effectively is a powerful demonstration of the capabilities of nature's control systems. Their apparent robustness to gust disturbances is particularly remarkable because when the airspeed approaches zero just before acquiring a perch, the influence of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberts, John William, Cory, Rick, Tedrake, Russell Louis
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60046
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-7092