Publications

Journal articles, manuscripts, and conference papers on bio-inspired aerial robotics, morphing aircraft, autonomous perching, aerodynamics, and flight control.

Journal articles & manuscripts

1. 2026

   A squirrel-inspired drone with enhanced stability, agility and maneuverability via whole-body morphing

   Liming Zheng, Alexander van Zuijlen, and Salua Hamaza

   Nature Communications 17, 6365

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2. 2026

   Head-body coupling inspired by gliding mammals restores pitch stability and enables aerodynamic braking for perching

   Liming Zheng, Baihui Chen, Alexander van Zuijlen, and Salua Hamaza

   Under review at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

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3. 2026

   Patagium and tail morphology shape aerodynamic performance and control authority in gliding-mammal-inspired wings

   Liming Zheng, Baihui Chen, Alexander van Zuijlen, and Salua Hamaza

   Under review at Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
4. 2026

   Tactile memory enables active semantic exploration and sensor deployment by tiny drones

   Chaoxiang Ye, Liming Zheng, Guido de Croon, and Salua Hamaza

   Under review at IEEE Transactions on Robotics
5. 2024

   ALBERO: Agile landing on branches for environmental robotics operations

   Liming Zheng and Salua Hamaza

   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9(3), 2845–2852

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6. 2020

   A novel control mode of bionic morphing tail based on deep reinforcement learning

   Liming Zheng, Zhou Zhou, Pengbo Sun, Zhilin Zhang, and Rui Wang

   arXiv preprint

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Conference papers

1. 2026

   Cooking beyond frames: A stereo event camera dataset in the kitchen

   Chengming Feng, Hesam Araghi, Liming Zheng, Julien Dupeyroux, Xucong Zhang, Jan van Gemert, and Nergis Tomen

   European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), accepted for oral presentation

2. 2025

   The influence of wing and tail morphology on the aerodynamics of gliding mammals

   Liming Zheng*, Baihui Chen*, Alexander van Zuijlen, and Salua Hamaza

   International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM)

3. 2022

   Using deep reinforcement learning to improve the robustness of UAV lateral-directional control

   Rui Wang, Zhou Zhou, Xiaoping Zhu, and Liming Zheng

   33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

4. 2020

   Application of vector jet control technology on aircraft longitudinal control

   Liming Zheng, Zhiliang Bai, Zhou Zhou, and Rui Wang

   32nd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)