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How Whooper swans keep clear sight

Master student Ashley Pete and undergraduate student Marina Dimitrov discovered how Whooper swans stabilize their head. It turns out the neck functions like a classic car suspension. The finding got featured in The Times and was published in Interface. Inspired by the finding Marina developed a demonstrator to show the promise of a swan-inspired camera suspension for flying robots with flapping wings.

News

• » 01/16/2020 Science & Science Robotics cover paper
• » 11/25/2019 Nature Comm: Drag is not a drag for birds
• » 10/10/2019 eLife & Nature: How birds find grip to land
• » 09/20/2019 Congrats Dr. Chin and Dr. Deetjen!
• » 07/09/2019 PNAS: Birds ace visual flight control in gusts
• » 05/15/2019 Outreach: National Geographic and PBS
• » 04/08/2019 NSF Fellowship for Kenneth Hoffmann
• » 01/05/2019 Laura Matloff wins best student paper!
• » 09/26/2018 Hummingbirds & bats in Science Advances
• » 09/04/2018 1.5mln for super- maneuverable robots
• » 06/17/2018 Congratulations to Dr. Rivers Ingersoll
• » 04/08/2018 Outreach: Soaring Into The Future
• » 04/03/2018 NSF Fellowship for Lindsie Jeffries
• » 02/07/2018 Honorable mention for best student talk
• » 01/12/2018 Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award
• » 11/08/2017 Adaptive control of turbulence intensity
• » 10/10/2017 Aerodynamic Force Platform design rules
• » 10/07/2017 The future of aerial robots on SiriusXM
• » 06/18/2017 Graduation time: Congrats Amanda!
• » 05/17/2017 Science Advances: Avian long-jump
• » 04/11/2017 3D reconstruction bird flight
• » 03/30/2017 Bird Wind Tunnel Published in RSOS
• » 12/16/2016 JRS Interface Focus & Bird Laser Goggles
• » 11/10/2016 David NAE Gilbreth Lecturer & joins eLIFE
• » 10/21/2016 Dan Quinn to UVA & wins Acrivos Award!
• » 07/12/2016 David Wins NSF CAREER Award
• » 07/07/2016 AFOSR XROMM System Arrived
• » 04/22/2016 New Bird and Drone Wind Tunnel Lab
• » 03/29/2016 NSF Fellowship Honors
• » 03/18/2016 Visit Dutch Minister & Delegation
• » 02/01/2016 New Lab & Upcoming Opening!
• » 01/08/2016 Inspiring SICB Meeting in Portland
• » 10/22/2015 Swift feathers improve airflow
• » 08/26/2015 How Whooper swans keep clear sight
• » 06/29/2015 Drones of a Feather @ TEDxStanford
• » 06/26/2015 Lovebirds rotate at world record speed
• » 06/25/2015 DURIP award for new XROMM facility
• » 04/07/2015 Morphing Wings That Can Take a Hit
• » 03/18/2015 Stall Delay in Birds & Drones Unraveled
• » 01/14/2015 Aerodynamic Force Platform Invention
• » 01/08/2015 Successful SICB conference
• » 10/26/2014 Students featured on TV/TECHKNOW
• » 10/10/2014 2-3yr Postdoc bird aerodynamics
• » 09/22/2014 The lab is growing / flying like a bird
• » 05/22/2014 Nature inspires drones of the future
• » 09/13/2013 40 scientist under 40 | Award
• » 07/02/2013 High-Speed Discovery & Outreach
• » 06/13/2013 Flying Like a Fly | Robot Evolution
• » 05/28/2013 High-Speed Film Festival | ME 303
• » 03/19/2013 Human Frontiers Science Program
• » 02/18/2013 3yr Postdoc position: Visual Flight Control
• » 01/03/2013 Lentink Lab presents at SICB 2013
• » 11/30/2012 The lab is online — Thank you all!
• » 07/09/2012 Plenary presentation Living Machines 2012