Tag: #flapping-flight
Back to all newsDr Lan received a Meritorious Research Award in the Young Scholars Innovation Competition organised by the Taiwan Comprehensive University System (臺灣綜合大學系統). His research combined biomimetic propulsion concepts with AI techniques to improve energy efficiency across aerial and aquatic environments, demonstrating the potential of nature-inspired multifunctional propulsion systems.
Ming-Han Wu, with co-author Yi-Hsi Yeh, supervised by Dr Lan, has secured third place in the Best Paper Award competition at the AASRC Conference. Their study examined how variations in wing phase shift affect thrust generation in a robotic dragonfly, offering insights that contribute to ongoing research in bio-inspired flight.
Dr Lan and Dr Lai’s latest study, published in Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, introduces a hybrid decision tree approach that reduces flapping flight analysis time by up to 75% while maintaining high accuracy. The method supports faster aerodynamic research and more efficient micro air vehicle development.
For more information please refer to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2025.134618.
Dr Lan recently chaired a symposium at the 27th International Congress of Entomology in Kyoto, where his research team presented three studies on insect flight aerodynamics. The work attracted strong interest from the international entomological research community.
Dr Lai’s team and Dr Lan published a study in Ocean Engineering examining how Strouhal number influences propulsion efficiency in fully active oscillating foils. The research provides insights into frequency, amplitude and velocity relationships, supporting advances in marine propulsion and flapping flight technologies.
For more information please refer to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.116686.
At the 65th AASRC Conference in Taichung, Dr Lan and his master’s student, Ching-Chan Huang, presented early research into the interaction between two separate flapping wings. This preliminary work contributes to comprehending the flight mechanisms in insect groups.
At the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS 2023) in Taipei, Dr Lan and Dr Yu-Hsiang Lai presented research on butterfly-inspired robots. The study advances understanding of biological flight mechanisms and supports future unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development.
Dr Lan and his team presented research on aerodynamics and odour tracking at the 11th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM) in Kobe. Their work contributed new insights into the interaction between animal locomotion and engineering technology.
Dr Lan gives a speech entitled ‘Machine Learning in Flapping Flight Transient Acceleration Modelling’ at CSME 2022.
Dr Lan and his team published a study in Drones introducing a neural network approach for estimating transient aerodynamic properties in flapping wing systems. The research supports faster and more efficient analysis of flapping flight dynamics.
For more information please refer to https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6080210.
The research conducted in the paper ‘Optimal thrust efficiency for a tandem wing in forward flight using varied hindwing kinematics of a damselfly’ was reported by AIP Scilight, congratulations.
For more information please refer to https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/10.0012500.