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Application of Auto-tracking to the Study of Insect Body Kinematics in Maneuver Flight

Subramanian, Shreyas Vathul
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1344283656

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2012, Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr), Wright State University, Mechanical Engineering.
There is a need to explain the complex phenomena that underlies the seemingly effortless flight modes of the dragonfly (Infra -order Anisoptera). However, measuring the body kinematics during flight is labor intensive. Thus a robust system was developed that automatically tracks and quantifies the body kinematics of a dragonfly during voluntary and escape take-offs, as well as maneuvers. Ultimately, the tool, which was developed using a custom code in C++ using the open source library OpenCV (Open Computer Vision), would be used to analyze bulk samples of high speed videos providing raw images at the rate of approximately 1000 frames per second from pair-wise orthogonal positions in space. As a result, there would be a considerably large database of information which may then be used to formulate, generalize and classify standard flight strategies used. Perceptibly, there is also a need to validate the outputs of this tool by comparing it to the outputs of a manual reconstruction.
Haibo Dong, PhD (Advisor)
Nasser Kashou, PhD (Committee Member)
Hui Wan, PhD (Committee Member)
158 p.
Aerospace Engineering
Insect Flight; Auto-tracking; Image Processing; OpenCV

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  • Subramanian, S. V. (2012). Application of Auto-tracking to the Study of Insect Body Kinematics in Maneuver Flight [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1344283656

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Subramanian, Shreyas Vathul. Application of Auto-tracking to the Study of Insect Body Kinematics in Maneuver Flight. 2012. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1344283656.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Subramanian, Shreyas Vathul. "Application of Auto-tracking to the Study of Insect Body Kinematics in Maneuver Flight." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1344283656

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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