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Jeng-Fu Shen is a pioneering researcher in the field of flapping-wing micro air vehicles (MAVs), with a particular focus on ultra-lightweight robotic birds. His work centers on the design, fabrication, and control of sub-10 gram autonomous flapping-wing systems, addressing one of the most challenging frontiers in aerial robotics: achieving stable flight at insect-like scales. Shen’s major contributions include developing automatic altitude control laws and integrating vision-based navigation systems for these delicate platforms. His 2012 paper on autopilots for ultra-lightweight robotic birds, which has garnered 36 citations, introduced a control architecture that enables autonomous vertical stabilization—a critical step toward fully autonomous flight in MAVs under 10 grams. Earlier work at Tamkang University, including his 2010 paper on altitude control using vision-based navigation (14 citations), laid the groundwork for these advances by demonstrating how onboard visual sensors can be used for real-time altitude regulation. Shen’s research has been instrumental in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in biomimetic flight, offering a blueprint for future autonomous flapping-wing systems that could revolutionize environmental monitoring, search-and-rescue, and surveillance in confined spaces.
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- 2Altitude control of flapping-wing MAV using vision-based navigation14 citations · 2010