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Hovering Flight

Hovering Flight is a specialized mode of aerial locomotion within avian flight physiology characterized by a bird maintaining a fixed position in the air through rapid wing movements that generate lift and thrust sufficient to counteract gravity and resist displacement.

725

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1.7K

Authors

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2017–2026

213

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Publications

725

Energy Minimization for Wireless Communication With Rotary-Wing UAV

Yong Zeng, Jie Xu, Rui Zhang · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications · 2019 · 2K citations

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Quick Estimates of Flight Fitness in Hovering Animals, Including Novel Mechanisms for Lift Production

Torkel Weis‐Fogh · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1973 · 1.4K citations

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Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

Y. Kevin, Pakpong Chirarattananon, Sawyer B. Fuller et al. · Science · 2013 · 1.1K citations

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Quadrotor Helicopter Flight Dynamics and Control: Theory and Experiment

Gabriel Hoffmann, Haomiao Huang, Steven L. Waslander et al. · AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit · 2007 · 1.1K citations

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The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics

C. P. Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1984 · 810 citations

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Authors

1.7K

  1. MS
    Mao Sun

    Beihang University, China

    28 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. RD
    Robert Dudley

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. DL
    Douglas L. Altshuler

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Wood

    Harvard University, United States

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. HL
    Hao Liu

    Chiba University, Japan

    11 publications · 990 citations

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Institutions

544

  1. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    117 publications

    5.8K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    18 h-index

    39 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    15 h-index

    76 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    6K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. Chiba University

    Chiba, Japan

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    54 publications · 8.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    17 publications · 918 citations

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  3. Journal of the American Helicopter Society

    15 publications · 465 citations

    14

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  4. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

    18 publications · 775 citations

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  5. AIAA Journal

    13 publications · 537 citations

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