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An Investigation Into the Use of Springs and Wing Motions to Minimize the Power Expended by a Pigeon-Sized Mechanical Bird for Steady Flight

We gratefully acknowledge support from the Army Research Office through Grant No. W911NF-05-1-0066. The first author is grateful to his parent organization, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, for the support provided for his sabbatical.

Sunil K. Agrawal | K. Kurien Issac

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