- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Entomopter artificial insect
- Creator:
- Toon, John D.
- Date of Original:
- 2004-11-12
- Subject:
- Planets--Exploration
Mars (Planet)--Exploration--Equipment and supplies
Space vehicles
Winged spacecraft
Mars (Planet)--Exploration
Mars (Planet)--Surface
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Georgia Institute of Technology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Entomopter artificial insect. One of the most unusual transportation systems ever envisioned may be the Entomopter, a robotic "artificial insect" that would fly and navigate using two sets of flapping wings powered by a chemically fueled artificial muscle. Under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Entomopter--its name arising from the Greek entomon, "insect," and pteron, "wing"--grew out of a competition to develop palm-sized "microflyers" for such military applications as the exploration of caves, bunkers, and other structures. Building on five years of study and support from agencies including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the concept has since been adapted to a more unusual mission: exploring the planet Mars.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/entomopter-artificial-insect/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Entomopter Artificial Insect," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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