The Flight Mechanism of a Bird-like Flapping Wing Robot at a Low Reynolds Number

Figure 10

Velocity contours of the flapping wing robot. (a), (b) and (c): right view, top view and front view of the robot in the steady state; (d): front view in the transient state when the wing flaps upwards; (e): front view in the transient state when the wing flaps downwards.

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