Ryusuke Noda   Teruaki Ikeda   Toshiyuki Nakata   Hao Liu   
Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering 1 2022年10月 [査読有り]
Drones, which have become increasingly popular in recent years, produce a lot of noise due to the movement of their propellers. When flying near humans, especially as in urban situations, noise suppression is critical. It has been demonstrated tha...
IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS 7(4) 9224-9231 2022年10月 [査読有り]
In city-wide weather prediction, wind gust information can be obtained using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Although wind sensors are available, an algorithm-based active estimation can be helpful not only as a weightless substitute but also as ...
Toshiyuki Nakata   Patrício Simões   Simon M Walker   Ian J Russell   Richard J Bomphrey   
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 19(193) 20220285-20220285 2022年8月 [査読有り]
Male mosquitoes detect and localize conspecific females by their flight-tones using the Johnston's organ (JO), which detects antennal deflections under the influence of local particle motion. Acoustic behaviours of mosquitoes and their JO physiolo...
Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 34(2) 223-226 2022年4月
Flight and swimming in nature can inspire the design of highly adaptive robots capable of working in complex environments. In this letter, we reviewed our work on robotic propulsion in the air and water, with a specific focus on the crucial functi...
The utilization of small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs), commonly known as drones, has increased drastically in various industries in the past decade. Commercial drones face challenges in terms of safety, durability, flight performance, and envi...
The utilization of small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs), commonly known as drones, has increased drastically in various industries in the past decade. Commercial drones face challenges in terms of safety, durability, flight performance, and envi...