The secret to the dragonfly’s backwards flight

Work could inform aerial robots of the future

Learn more: https://scim.ag/2KGBAaQ

Read the paper: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/15/143/20180102
CREDITS

producer
Sarah Crespi

story by
Victoria Davis

citation
A. T. Bode-Oke, et al.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2018
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0102
research videos and simulation
Ayodeji T. Bode-Oke, Samane Zeyghami,
Haibo Dong, Chengyu Li, and Yan Ren

stock video
Pond5

dragonfly illustrations
W. F. Evans
"British libellulinae or, Dragon flies" (1845)

music
Nguyên Khôi Nguyên

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