Papers
11
Total Citations
1,040
H-Index
9
About
Florian T. Muijres is a leading researcher in comparative biomechanics and bio-inspired flight, whose work bridges the gap between animal flight and robotic aerial systems. His primary research areas include insect flight control, aerodynamic mechanisms in flying animals, and the development of bio-inspired micro-air-vehicles. Muijres’s major contributions center on unraveling how flies and other insects execute rapid, agile maneuvers—such as evasive banked turns and body saccades—using high-speed videography and robotic flappers. His 2018 paper on a tailless aerial robotic flapper, which demonstrated that flies use torque coupling in banked turns, has garnered 419 citations, highlighting its impact on both biology and robotics. He also pioneered studies on how flies compensate for wing damage and how bats generate leading edge vortices for lift. Notably, his work on wind gust resistance in insects has informed the design of more robust drones. With over 1,000 total citations across his top papers, Muijres’s research is essential for students and engineers seeking to understand natural flight control and apply these principles to autonomous flying robots.
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Top Papers
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- 2Flies Evade Looming Targets by Executing Rapid Visually Directed Banked Turns315 citations · 2014
- 3Body saccades of <i>Drosophila</i> consist of stereotyped banked turns126 citations · 2015
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- 6Stroke plane angle controls leading edge vortex in a bat-inspired flapper23 citations · 2012
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- 9Visual guidance of honeybees approaching a vertical landing surface10 citations · 2023
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