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MarsBee Selected for NASA NIAC Phase I

Taeyoung Lee
Written by Taeyoung Lee
Photograph from the FDCL announcement: MarsBee Selected for NASA NIAC Phase I
From FDCL’s April 16, 2018 announcement.

The MarsBee project was selected for the 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase I program. “Marsbee—Swarm of Flapping Wing Flyers for Enhanced Mars Exploration” investigates whether small flapping-wing vehicles could serve as a reconfigurable sensing network in the Martian environment.

FDCL’s planned contribution includes nonlinear control systems and exploration strategies for three-dimensional topographic mapping. The project connects biologically inspired flight with the demands of planetary exploration.

The original announcement links to NASA’s project description.

Related FDCL research: a modeled flapping cycle in a butterfly-inspired flight system, reproduced from the lab’s flapping-wing research overview.
Related FDCL research: a modeled flapping cycle in a butterfly-inspired flight system, reproduced from the lab’s flapping-wing research overview.

Original FDCL announcement — April 16, 2018

Taeyoung Lee
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Taeyoung Lee

Taeyoung Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He directs the Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory and joined GW in 2011 after serving on the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2008.