Links and papers that could be useful for perching

Control:

• To be added

Actuators:

• Hollerbach_Hunter_Ballantyne_1992_A_Comparative_Analysis_of_Actuator_Technologies_for_Robotics.pdf: Comparative study of actuators technologies
• FastReversibleNiTiFibersForUseInMicroRobotics.pdf: Fast Reversible NiTi? Fibers For Use In Micro Robotics
• Fast shape memory alloy actuators - Thesis
• MicroArtificialMuscleFiberUsingNiTiSpringforSoftRobotics.pdf: Micro artificial muscle fiber using NiTi? spring for soft robotics
• Nitinol wire (Muscle Wire) datasheet

Airplanes:

• WASP III (4 to 40 mph) http://www.defense-update.com/products/w/wasp3.htm
• http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=811
• http://www.defense-update.com/products/h/honeywell-mav.htm
• Morphing Micro Air & Land Vehicle http://biorobots.cwru.edu/projects/mmalvweb/
• Estimate Electric Motor & Prop combo http://adamone.rchomepage.com/calc_motor.htm
• University of Florida MAV: http://www.mae.ufl.edu/mav/Ourmavs01.html
  • http://www.mae.ufl.edu/mav/Posters/12%2016%20in.jpg
  • http://www.mae.ufl.edu/mav/MAV03.html
• Landing Gear Prototypes for Robotic Birds Take Off http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2011/April/Pages/LandingGearPrototypesforRoboticBirdsTakeOff.aspx

Solar Airplane: * Sky-Sailor: http://www.asl.ethz.ch/research/asl/skysailor

Flapping wing airplanes:

• The REALLY COOL delfly: http://www.delfly.nl/index.php?site=DII&menu=media&lang=en
• Buying kits: http://www.flyabird.com/index2.html
• Skyhopper, hybrid flapping and walking robot: http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/flight/flytech/skyhopper

Quadrotor:

• Draganfly X6: http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/specifications/

Micro Airplanes:

• INTRO TO INDOOR RC GUIDE (RC Micro World) http://cloud9rc.com/indoorflying.asp
• Actuators http://microflierradio.com/Actuators.html
• Building stuff http://www.aeronutz.flyer.co.uk/
• Components http://www.bsdmicrorc.com/index.php?categoryID=52&offset=16
• Components http://www.plantraco.com/
• IFO: http://flyifo.com/htmlpages/tifo.html
• mini-IFO: http://jaredyates.com/pages/mini/mini.shtml
• IFO: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=777098

Bio-inspiration:

• Flying Squirrels: http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Video/Wild/index.html

Landing Gear:

• Using friction dampers and honeycomb structure (http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5366181/description.html). Advantages are:
  • No fluid
  • Constant forces regardless of the incoming velocities, thus easy to design the structure and acts like and overload protection.
  • Simple and light
• Urethane coefficient of friction (http://www.gallaghercorp.com/urethane/designguide/cof.shtml)
• Impact shock absorption with Urethane (http://www.gallaghercorp.com/urethane/designguide/impact.shtml)
• SDM and damping (http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/biomimetics/pdf/detc2000_final.pdf)