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Publications

The feather's multi-functional structure across nano to macro scales inspires hierarchical design

Bird-inspired reflexive morphing enables rudderless flight

Small deviations in kinematics and body form dictate muscle performances in the finely tuned avian downstroke

Small deviations in kinematics and body form dictate muscle performances in the finely tuned avian downstroke

Bird-inspired robotics principles as a framework for developing smart aerospace materials

Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region

Birds both avoid and control collisions by harnessing visually guided force vectoring

Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments

How oscillating aerodynamic forces explain the timbre of the hummingbird's hum and other animals in flapping flight

Lepidoptera demonstrate the relevance of Murray's Law to circulatory systems with tidal flow

Press/media

Nature’s Super Feather

Esta pluma es una obra maestra de la naturaleza

El secreto de las filoplumas: la ingeniería natural tras el vuelo

El secreto microscópico detrás del vuelo perfecto de las aves

Filoplumes Are Nature’s Super Feather

Nature’s Super Feather

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps

Los aviones del futuro podrían contar con «plumas»

Los aviones del futuro podrían tener algo muy parecido a plumas