Avian flight dynamics and control - a multidisciplinary approach

该项目符合BBSRC Forward Look for UK Bioscience的主题1：推进生物科学发现的前沿，特别是“理解生命规则”。该项目是一种好奇心驱动的方法，旨在了解猫头鹰滑翔飞行的复杂动力学和控制，预计这将更广泛地适用于其他滑翔物种。该项目采用跨学科的方法，将计算生物力学建模与实验空气动力学测试相结合。从该项目中获得的知识不仅有助于动物运动的基础科学，而且还直接适用于航空机器人的发展，特别是在为无人机开发新型轻型飞行控制架构方面。

The project fits within theme 1 of the BBSRC Forward Look for UK Bioscience remit: Advancing the frontiers of bioscience discovery, specifically in "understanding the rules of life". The project is a curiosity-driven approach to understanding the complex dynamics and control of gliding flight in owls, which is predicted to be more broadly applicable to other gliding species. The project takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining computational biomechanics modelling with experimental aerodynamics testing. Knowledge obtained from the project not only contributes to the fundamental science of animal locomotion, but also has direct applicability to the development of aerial robotics, specifically in terms of developing novel lightweight flight control architectures for unmanned aerial vehicles.