Graduate students Huanglun Zhu and Kiran Weston set up a 3D printed model of a hawk wing for testing in the UC Davis wind tunnel. Based on motion capture imaging at Oxford University, the wind tunnel ...
“Moreover, three-dimensional reconstructions of medium-sized birds like pigeons have been limited by experimental space, occlusion of key joint positions, and constrained degrees of freedom, leaving ...
A bird banking in a crosswind doesn't rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment ...
An unassuming metal barn erected recently at the southern edge of the UC Davis campus houses some advanced video technology for a uniquely UC Davis project. Leveraging UC Davis’ historic strengths in ...
The concept, known as a solid-state ornithopter, replaces the typical network of actuators with electricity-driven materials ...