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New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots

6+ hour, 14+ min ago  (428+ words) The way bugs and birds flap their wings may look effortless, but the dynamics that keep them aloft are dizzyingly complex and difficult to quantify. Cornell researchers created a computational model that shows the effect of insects" morphology on stabilizing…...