Bird Inspired Autonomous Flight

Información del proyecto

BIAF

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 679355

DOI

10.3030/679355

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 5 Febrero 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Abril 2016

Fecha de finalización 31 Marzo 2022

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 1 998 546,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 998 546,00

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

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Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Bird wings act as a suspension system that rejects gusts

Autores: Jorn A. Cheney, Jonathan P. J. Stevenson, Nicholas E. Durston, Jialei Song, James R. Usherwood, Richard J. Bomphrey, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 287/1937, 2020, Página(s) 20201748, ISSN 0962-8452
Editor: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1748

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pitch Control under Delay Using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Continuous Action in Wind Tunnel Test

Autores: Daichi Wada; Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada; Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: Aerospace, Edición Volume 8, Number 9, 2021, Página(s) 258, ISSN 2226-4310
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace8090258

Sim-to-real transfer for fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicle: Pitch Control by High-Fidelity Modelling and Domain Randomization

Autores: Daichi Wada, Sergio Araujo-Estrada, Shane P Windsor
Publicado en: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Edición 23773766, 2022, Página(s) 11735-11742, ISSN 2377-3766
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3205442

Bird Velocity Optimization as Inspiration for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Urban Environments

Autores: Cara Williamson; Anouk Spelt; Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Journal, Edición Volume 59, Number 7, 2021, Página(s) 2503-2516, ISSN 1533-385X
Editor: AIAA
DOI: 10.2514/1.j059438

Distributed Pressure Sensing–Based Flight Control for Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Systems

Autores: Kieran T. Wood, Sergio Araujo-Estrada, Thomas Richardson, Shane Windsor
Publicado en: Journal of Aircraft, Edición 56/5, 2019, Página(s) 1951-1960, ISSN 1533-3868
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.C035416

Quantifying avian inertial properties using calibrated computed tomography

Autores: Durston NE, Mahadik Y, Windsor SP
Publicado en: The Journal of Experimental Biology, Edición Volume 225, Number 1, 2022, Página(s) jeb242280, ISSN 0022-0949
Editor: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242280

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pitch Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Discrete Actions in Wind Tunnel Test

Autores: ARAUJO-ESTRADA, Sergio A.; WINDSOR, Shane; WADA, Daichi; ARAUJO-ESTRADA, Sergio A.; WINDSOR, Shane
Publicado en: Aerospace, Edición Volume 8, Number 1, 2021, Página(s) 18, ISSN 2226-4310
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace8010018

Habitat use of urban-nesting lesser black-backed gulls during the breeding season

Autores: Anouk Spelt, Cara Williamson, Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Emily Shepard, Peter Rock, Shane Windsor
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 9/1, 2019, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46890-6

Fine-scale flight strategies of gulls in urban airflows indicate risk and reward in city living

Autores: Emily L. C. Shepard, Cara Williamson, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Edición 371/1704, 2016, Página(s) 20150394, ISSN 0962-8436
Editor: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0394

Avian surface reconstruction in free flight with application to flight stability analysis of a barn owl and peregrine falcon

Autores: Nicholas E. Durston, Xue Wan, Jian G. Liu, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: The Journal of Experimental Biology, Edición 222/9, 2019, Página(s) jeb185488, ISSN 0022-0949
Editor: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.185488

Urban gulls adapt foraging schedule to human‐activity patterns

Autores: Anouk Spelt, Oliver Soutar, Cara Williamson, Jane Memmott, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Peter Rock, Shane Windsor
Publicado en: Ibis, 2020, ISSN 0019-1019
Editor: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12892

Aerodynamic State and Loads Estimation Using Bioinspired Distributed Sensing

Autores: Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: Journal of Aircraft, 2020, ISSN 1533-3868
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.c036224

Unmanned aerial vehicle control costs mirror bird behaviour when soaring close to buildings

Autores: Ana Guerra-Langan, Sergio Araujo-Estrada, Shane Windsor
Publicado en: International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, Edición 12, 2020, Página(s) 175682932094100, ISSN 1756-8293
Editor: Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd
DOI: 10.1177/1756829320941005

Raptor wing morphing with flight speed.

Autores: Jorn A. Cheney; Jonathan P J Stevenson; Nicholas E Durston; Masateru Maeda; Jialei Song; Jialei Song; David Megson-Smith; Shane P. Windsor; James R. Usherwood; Richard J. Bomphrey
Publicado en: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Edición Volume18, Number 180, 2021, Página(s) 20210349, ISSN 1742-5662
Editor: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0349

High aerodynamic lift from the tail reduces drag in gliding raptors

Autores: James R. Usherwood, Jorn A. Cheney, Jialei Song, Shane P. Windsor, Jonathan P. J. Stevenson, Uwe Dierksheide, Alex Nila, Richard J. Bomphrey
Publicado en: The Journal of Experimental Biology, Edición 223/3, 2020, Página(s) jeb214809, ISSN 0022-0949
Editor: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.214809

Conference proceedings (6)

Reinforcement Learning to Control Lift Coefficient Using Distributed Sensors on a Wind Tunnel Model

Autores: Ana Guerra-langan, Sergio Araujo Estrada, Shane Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2022, Página(s) 2022-0966, ISBN 978-1-62410-631-6
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)
DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-0966

Artificial Neural Network-Based Flight Control Using Distributed Sensors on Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Autores: Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1485

Bio-inspired Distributed Strain and Airflow Sensing for Small Unmanned Air Vehicle Flight Control

Autores: Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, Francis Salama, Colin M. Greatwood, Kieran T. Wood, Thomas S. Richardson, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2017, ISBN 978-1-62410-450-3
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2017-1487

Aerodynamic Variables and Loads Estimation Using Bio-Inspired Distributed Sensing

Autores: Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019, ISBN 978-1-62410-578-4
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-1934

Simulation of a Machine Learning Based Controller for a Fixed-Wing UAV with Distributed Sensors

Autores: Ana Guerra-Langan, Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, Arthur Richards, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1239

Bird-inspired Velocity Optimization for UAVs in the Urban Environment

Autores: Cara J. Williamson, Anouk Spelt, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Editor: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1948

Other (2)

Dynamics of hinged wings in strong upward gusts

Autores: Jonathan P. J. Stevenson, Jorn A. Cheney, James R. Usherwood, Richard J. Bomphrey, Shane P. Windsor
Publicado en: bioRxiv, 2022
Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.05.502962

From wing shape to fluid dynamics in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

Autores: Jorn A Cheney, Jonathan PJ Stevenson, Nick E Durston, Jialei Song, Masateru Maeda, Shane P Windsor, James R Usherwood, Richard J Bomphrey
Publicado en: bioRxiv, 2020
Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.29.121178

Derechos de propiedad intelectual

Patent (1)

AIRCRAFT TURBULENCE COMPENSATION

Número de solicitud/publicación: CC/ P268351GB
Fecha: 2019-03-20
Solicitante(s): UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL