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micro air vehicle

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micro air vehicle [¦mī·krō ′er ‚vē·ə·kəl]
(engineering)
A very small airborne autonomous vehicle that can operate inside a building using primarily visual and other sensory information to navigate.


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Specific topics include application of self-organizing maps to genetic algorithms, a mixed-integer non-linear programming approach to structural optimization, topological optimization for 3D cylindrical truss structures, optimal bracing type and position to minimize lateral drift in high-rise buildings, and design of a novel electro-active polymer actuator for driving the wings of a flapping micro air vehicle.
Micro air vehicles (MAVs) are uncrewed aircraft with a wingspan of 15 centimetres (5.
Honeywell's gasoline powered micro air vehicle is only the fifth to receive such a designation.
 
 
 
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