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DESCRIPTION:Insect- and hummingbird- inspired drones offer many advantages 
 over conventional\, rotor-based designs: they are safer thanks to their lo
 w weight and soft wings\, the flapping wings offer higher tolerance to col
 lisions\, produce more pleasant\, lower frequency sound and\, last but not
  least\, their resemblance to natural fliers makes them more appealing to 
 most humans. These features make them a perfect fit for aerial robotic app
 lications near humans and/or in cluttered environments. Despite our still 
 limited understanding of the very complex flapping flight aerodynamics\, w
 e can already design hover-capable flapping wing drones that have sufficie
 nt flight endurance and payload capacity for first real-world applications
 . In this lecture\, Dr. Karásek will talk about the design and performanc
 e of bioinspired drone platforms developed during his research at ULB Brus
 sels and TU Delft as well as in his spinoff company Flapper Drones. In the
  last part\, he will also discuss potential future applications for these 
 lightweight and safe drones.\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Matěj Karásek\n\nVirtual:
  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417499
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417499
ORGANIZER:mvvrmkr@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:14
SUMMARY:Design of insect-inspired flying robots and their potential applica
 tions
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/417499
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Insect- and hummingbird- inspired drones o
 ffer many advantages over conventional\, rotor-based designs: they are saf
 er thanks to their low weight and soft wings\, the flapping wings offer hi
 gher tolerance to collisions\, produce more pleasant\, lower frequency sou
 nd and\, last but not least\, their resemblance to natural fliers makes th
 em more appealing to most humans. These features make them a perfect fit f
 or aerial robotic applications near humans and/or in cluttered environment
 s. Despite our still limited understanding of the very complex flapping fl
 ight aerodynamics\, we can already design hover-capable flapping wing dron
 es that have sufficient flight endurance and payload capacity for first re
 al-world applications. In this lecture\, Dr. Kar&aacute\;sek will talk abo
 ut the design and performance of bioinspired drone platforms developed dur
 ing his research at ULB Brussels and TU Delft as well as in his spinoff co
 mpany Flapper Drones. In the last part\, he will also discuss potential fu
 ture applications for these lightweight and safe drones.</p>
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