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Han Bao, Bifeng Song, Wenqing Yang, Jianlin Xuan and Dong Xue
Birds in nature have many unique devices to help them acquire excellent flight abilities under various complex flight conditions. One of the unique devices is the leading-edge alula, located at the junction of the arm wing and the hand wing of most birds...
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Steven Benjamins, Elizabeth Masden and Maurizio Collu
Expansion of marine aquaculture into more remote areas will likely accelerate over the next decade. Integrating Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) generation technologies (e.g., wind turbines) into remote, off-grid aquaculture sites will reduce reliance on fo...
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Isabel C. Metz, Joost Ellerbroek, Thorsten Mühlhausen, Dirk Kügler and Jacco M. Hoekstra
Collisions between birds and aircraft pose a severe threat to aviation and avian safety. To understand and prevent these bird strikes, knowledge about the factors leading to these bird strikes is vital. However, even though it is a global issue, data ava...
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Katrin Dahlmann, Sigrun Matthes, Hiroshi Yamashita, Simon Unterstrasser, Volker Grewe and Tobias Marks
An operational measure that is inspired by migrant birds aiming toward the mitigation of aviation climate impact is to fly in aerodynamic formation. When this operational measure is adapted to commercial aircraft it saves fuel and is, therefore, expected...
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Daniel Feliu-Talegon, José Ángel Acosta, Alejandro Suarez and Anibal Ollero
Nature exhibits many examples of birds, insects and flying mammals with flapping wings and limbs offering some functionalities. Although in robotics, there are some examples of flying robots with wings, it has not been yet a goal to add to them some mani...
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