A hickory nut, opened with such precision it could belong in the Museum of Modern Art, lay at the base of a towering, dead ...

"The flying squirrel drone is inspired by the movements of flying squirrels, particularly their ability to rapidly decelerate by spreading their wings just before landing on trees," Dohyeon Lee ...

An experimental drone addresses that problem in a bio-inspired fashion, by extending flying-squirrel-like membranous ... or use the wings to glide in for a landing. The drone slams on the brakes ...

In particular, we want to investigate the gliding behavior of the flying squirrel drone and develop a type of landing frame and control strategies that allow the drone to slow down quickly and ...

Pix by Indika Peabotuwage The Flying Squirrel’s fluffy tail stabilizes the body in flight, like the tail of an airplane. The tail also acts as an airfoil, serving as an air brake, before landing.