Ramezani developed the prototype with his advisors Soon-Jo Chung -- now an associate professor of aerospace at Caltech -- and Seth Hutchinson at Illinois. These authors have been collaborating with Brown University professors Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz, who are experts on bat flight.
Flying animals all maneuver constantly as they negotiate a three-dimensional environment, Brown biology and engineering professor Sharon Swartz said. Bats employ this specific maneuver every time they land, because for a bat, landing requires reorienting from head forward, back up, belly down, to