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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Sensing for animal flight control
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DESCRIPTION:Prof Richard Bomphrey\, RCV\nAbstract: \n\nFlying animals mod
 ify their airframe to stabilise flight and execute manoeuvres. Some respon
 ses to perturbations are passive but\, typically\, sensory arrays provide 
 information regarding the current state of the body parts (eg. position\, 
 velocity\, loading) and the controller makes active adjustments. Insects h
 ave many mechanosensors on the wings that encode salient aerodynamic and i
 nertial features\; they are the input layer for the flight controller. The
  non-random arrangement of the sensory arrays offers insight into morpholo
 gical computing (a.k.a. embodied intelligence) strategies that are both ef
 fective and efficient.\nI will give examples from multi-disciplinary resea
 rch efforts—covering mosquitoes\, dragonflies and birds of prey—where 
 the co-evolution of sensory systems with locomotor morphology has resulted
  in elegant solutions for measuring strain fields and aerodynamic flow fie
 lds. I will also present examples of bio-inspired sensor systems that have
  been incorporated into aerial robotics that demonstrate novel bio-inspire
 d capabilities. \n\n\nBiography: \n\nRichard’s research blends biology
  and engineering\, using biomechanics as a tool to investigate how the phy
 sical environment shapes the morphology and control systems of flying anim
 als. He has investigated the sensory systems animals use to fly\, their mo
 rphology and aerodynamics. He has also applied biological insights from th
 ese experiments to aerial robots. Richard joined the Structure and Motion 
 Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College\, University of London\, in 201
 3 after reading Biological Sciences at Exeter\, a PhD/DPhil in Oxford\, po
 stdoctoral positions in Oxford and Bath\, and holding EPSRC Fellowship. He
  is currently Professor of Comparative Biomechanics. \n\n 
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/61626448592
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