David, prof. Lentink

David Lentink is Professor of Biomimetics at the Faculty of Science and Engineering and studies everything that ‘soars and flaps’ through the air. He unravels many fascinating tricks of nature that he uses to develop flying robots that are more efficient and flexible. Lentink is fascinated by the art of flying and, in his lab filled with wind tunnels and lasers, he delves into the connection between the flying of birds and robotics. That is why his areas of interest are biomimetics, biomechanics, biofluid dynamics, aerial robotics, and bio-inspired design in everything that flies. At the moment, Lentink is integrating functional morphology, sensorimotor control, ecology, and evolution into his comparative biomechanics and physiological studies. He does this through interdisciplinary collaborations that stretch out from engineering and physics to biology. These collaborations involve specialist teams, students, and technical staff with whom Lentink works together.

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Publications

2024

Chang, E., Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2024). Bird-inspired reflexive morphing enables rudderless flight. Science Robotics, 9(96), Article eado4535. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.ado4535

Deetjen, M. E., Chin, D. D., Heers, A. M., Tobalske, B. W., & Lentink, D. (2024). Small deviations in kinematics and body form dictate muscle performances in the finely tuned avian downstroke. ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89968.3

2023

Hoffmann, K. A. W., Chen, T. G., Cutkosky, M. R., & Lentink, D. (2023). Bird-inspired robotics principles as a framework for developing smart aerospace materials. Journal of Composite Materials, 57(4), 679-710. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219983231152663

2022

Chen, T. G., Hoffmann, K. A. W., Low, J. E., Nagami, K., Lentink, D., & Cutkosky, M. R. (2022). Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(4), 10009-10016. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2022.3192652

Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2022). Birds both avoid and control collisions by harnessing visually guided force vectoring. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(191), Article 20210947. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0947

2021

Roderick, W. R. T., Cutkosky, M. R., & Lentink, D. (2021). Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments. Science Robotics, 6(61), Article 7562. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abj7562

Hightower, B. J., Wijnings, P. W., Scholte, R., Ingersoll, R., Chin, D. D., Nguyen, J., Shorr, D., & Lentink, D. (2021). How oscillating aerodynamic forces explain the timbre of the hummingbird's hum and other animals in flapping flight. eLife, 10, Article e63107. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63107

Schachat, S. R., Boyce, C. K., Payne, J. L., & Lentink, D. (2021). Lepidoptera demonstrate the relevance of Murray's Law to circulatory systems with tidal flow. BMC Biology, 19(1), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01130-0

Bagheri, H., Huang, Z., Lentink, D., & Marvi, H. (2021). The role of basilisk lizard toe fringes in effective water running. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61, E35-E35.

2020

Jeffries, L., & Lentink, D. (2020). Design Principles and Function of Mechanical Fasteners in Nature and Technology. Applied Mechanics Reviews, 72(5), Article 050802. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048448

Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2020). Fluid moment and force measurement based on control surface integration. Experiments in Fluids, 61(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-019-2838-7

Matloff, L. Y., Chang, E., Feo, T. J., Jeffries, L., Stowers, A. K., Thomson, C., & Lentink, D. (2020). How flight feathers stick together to form a continuous morphing wing. Science, 367(6475), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3358

Chang, E., Matloff, L. Y., Stowers, A. K., & Lentink, D. (2020). Soft biohybrid morphing wings with feathers underactuated by wrist and finger motion. Science Robotics, 5(38), Article eaay1246. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aay1246

Deetjen, M. E., Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2020). The aerodynamic force platform as an ergometer. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(10), Article jeb220475. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.220475

2019

Baker, S. W., Tucci, E. R., Felt, S. A., Zehnder, A., Lentink, D., & Vilches-Moure, J. G. (2019). A Bird's-Eye View of Regulatory, Animal Care, and Training Considerations Regarding Avian Flight Research. Comparative medicine, 69(3), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.30802/AALAS-CM-18-000033

Roderick, W. R., Chin, D. D., Cutkosky, M. R., & Lentink, D. (2019). Birds land reliably on complex surfaces by adapting their foot-surface interactions upon contact. eLife, 8, Article e46415. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46415

Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2019). Birds repurpose the role of drag and lift to take off and land. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 5354. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13347-3

Quinn, D., Kress, D., Chang, E., Stein, A., Wegrzynski, M., & Lentink, D. (2019). How lovebirds maneuver through lateral gusts with minimal visual information. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(30), 15033-15041. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903422116

2018

Lentink, D. (2018). Accurate fluid force measurement based on control surface integration. Experiments in Fluids, 59(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-017-2464-1

Deetjen, M. E., & Lentink, D. (2018). Automated calibration of multi-camera-projector structured light systems for volumetric high-speed 3D surface reconstructions. Optics Express, 26(25), 33278-33304. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.033278

Ingersoll, R., Haizmann, L., & Lentink, D. (2018). Biomechanics of hover performance in Neotropical hummingbirds versus bats. Science Advances, 4(9), Article aat2980. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2980

Ingersoll, R., & Lentink, D. (2018). How the hummingbird wingbeat is tuned for efficient hovering. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(20). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.178228

2017

Quinn, D. B., Van Halder, Y., & Lentink, D. (2017). Adaptive control of turbulence intensity is accelerated by frugal flow sampling. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14(136), Article 20170621. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0621

Quinn, D. B., Watts, A., Nagle, T., & Lentink, D. (2017). A new low-turbulence wind tunnel for animal and small vehicle flight experiments. Royal Society Open Science, 4(3), Article 160960. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160960

Roderick, W. R. T., Jiang, H., Wang, S., Lentink, D., & Cutkosky, M. R. (2017). Bioinspired grippers for natural curved surface perching. In N. Lepora, M. Mangan, T. Prescott, M. Cutkosky, A. Mura, & P. F. M. J. Verschure (Eds.), Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017, Proceedings (pp. 604-610). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10384 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_56

Lentink, D. (2017). Coevolving advances in animal flight and aerial robotics. Interface Focus, 7(1), Article 20160119. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0119

Hightower, B. J., Ingersoll, R., Chin, D. D., Lawhon, C., Haselsteiner, A. F., & Lentink, D. (2017). Design and analysis of aerodynamic force platforms for free flight studies. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 12(6), Article 064001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/aa7eb2

Deetjen, M. E., Biewener, A. A., & Lentink, D. (2017). High-speed surface reconstruction of a flying bird using structured light. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(11), 1956-1961. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.149708

Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2017). How birds direct impulse to minimize the energetic cost of foraging flight. Science Advances, 3(5), Article e1603041. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1603041

Stowers, A. K., Matloff, L. Y., & Lentink, D. (2017). How pigeons couple three-dimensional elbow and wrist motion to morph their wings. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14(133), Article 20170224. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0224

Chin, D. D., Matloff, L. Y., Stowers, A. K., Tucci, E. R., & Lentink, D. (2017). Inspiration for wing design: How forelimb specialization enables active flight in modern vertebrates. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14(131), Article 20170240. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0240

Gutierrez, E., Quinn, D. B., Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2017). Lift calculations based on accepted wake models for animal flight are inconsistent and sensitive to vortex dynamics. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 12(1), Article 016004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/12/1/016004

Brighton, C. H., Thomas, A. L. R., Taylor, G. K., & Lentink, D. (2017). Terminal attack trajectories of peregrine falcons are described by the proportional navigation guidance law of missiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(51), 13495-13500. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714532114

Skandalis, D. A., Segre, P. S., Bahlman, J. W., Groom, D. J. E., Welch, K. C., Witt, C. C., McGuire, J. A., Dudley, R., Lentink, D., & Altshuler, D. L. (2017). The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01223-x

Roderick, W. R. T., Cutkosky, M. R., & Lentink, D. (2017). Touchdown to take-off: At the interface of flight and surface locomotion. Interface Focus, 7(1), Article 20160094. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0094

2016

Chin, D. D., & Lentink, D. (2016). Flapping wing aerodynamics: From insects to vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(7), 920-932. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.042317

Leutenegger, S., Hürzeler, C., Stowers, A. K., Alexis, K., Achtelik, M. W., Lentink, D., Oh, P. Y., & Siegwart, R. (2016). Flying Robots. In B. Siciliano, & O. Khatib (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Robotics (pp. 623-669). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_26

Hawkes, E. W., & Lentink, D. (2016). Fruit fly scale robots can hover longer with flapping wings than with spinning wings. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13(123), Article 20160730. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.0730

2015

Van Bokhorst, E., De Kat, R., Elsinga, G. E., & Lentink, D. (2015). Feather roughness reduces flow separation during low Reynolds number glides of swifts. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(20), 3179-3191. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.121426

Stowers, A. K., & Lentink, D. (2015). Folding in and out: Passive morphing in flapping wings. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 10(2), 1-16. Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/10/2/025001

Kress, D., Van Bokhorst, E., & Lentink, D. (2015). How Lovebirds Maneuver Rapidly Using Super-Fast Head Saccades and Image Feature Stabilization. PLoS ONE, 10(6), Article 0129287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129287

Lentink, D., Haselsteiner, A. F., & Ingersoll, R. (2015). In vivo recording of aerodynamic force with an aerodynamic force platform: From drones to birds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(104), Article 20141283. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1283

Kruyt, J. W., Van Heijst, G. J. F., Altshuler, D. L., & Lentink, D. (2015). Power reduction and the radial limit of stall delay in revolving wings of different aspect ratio. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(105), Article 20150051. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0051

Pete, A. E., Kress, D., Dimitrov, M. A., & Lentink, D. (2015). The role of passive avian head stabilization in flapping flight. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(110), Article 20150508. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0508

2014

Lentink, D. (2014). Bioinspired flight control. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 9(2), Article 020301. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/020301

Lentink, D., & De Kat, R. (2014). Gliding swifts attain laminar flow over rough wings. PLoS ONE, 9(6), Article e99901. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099901

Kruyt, J. W., Quicazán-Rubio, E. M., Van Heijst, G. F., Altshuler, D. L., & Lentink, D. (2014). Hummingbird wing efficacy depends on aspect ratio and compares with helicopter rotors. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 11(99), Article 0585. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0585

Altshuler, D. L., Bahlman, J. W., Dakin, R., Gaede, A. H., Goller, B., Lentink, D., Segre, P. S., & Skandalis, D. A. (2014). The biophysics of bird flight: Functional relationships integrate aerodynamics, morphology, kinematics, muscles, and sensors. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93(12), 961-975. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0103

2013

Lentink, D. (2013). Biomimetics: Flying like a fly. Nature, 498(7454), 306-307. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12258

2010

Müller, U. K., Wasim, A., Fontaine, E., Berg, O., Cao, Y., Lentink, D., Kranenbarg, S., & Van Leeuwen, J. L. (2010). Fish and flag - Exploring fluid-structure interaction during undulatory swimming in fish. In 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech (pp. 44-47). (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 31 IFMBE). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_12

Lentink, D., & Biewener, A. A. (2010). Nature-inspired flight-beyond the leap. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 5(4), Article 040201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/5/4/040201

Jongerius, S. R., & Lentink, D. (2010). Structural analysis of a dragonfly wing. Experimental Mechanics, 50(9), 1323-1334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-010-9411-x

Lentink, D., Jongerius, S. R., & Bradshaw, N. L. (2010). The scalable design of flapping micro-air vehicles inspired by insect flight. In D. Floreano, J.-C. Zufferey, M. V. Srinivasan, & C. Ellington (Eds.), Flying Insects and Robots (pp. 185-205). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89393-6_14

Lentink, D., Van Heijst, G. F., Muijres, F. T., & Van Leeuwen, J. L. (2010). Vortex interactions with flapping wings and fins can be unpredictable. Biology Letters, 6(3), 394-397. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0806

Muijres, F. T., & Lentink, D. (2010). Wake visualization of a heaving and pitching foil in a soap film. In G. K. Taylor, M. S. Triantafyllou, & C. Tropea (Eds.), Animal Locomotion (pp. 27-35). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11633-9_3

2009

Lentink, D., & Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Biofluiddynamic scaling of flapping, spinning and translating fins and wings. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(16), 2691-2704. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.022251

Lentink, D., Dickson, W. B., Van Leeuwen, J. L., & Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds. Science, 324(5933), 1438-1440. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174196

Lentink, D., & Dickinson, M. H. (2009). Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(16), 2705-2719. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.022269

2008

Bradshaw, N. L., & Lentink, D. (2008). Aerodynamic and structural dynamic identification of a flapping wing micro air vehicle. Paper presented at 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, HI, United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-6248

Fontaine, E., Lentink, D., Kranenbarg, S., Müller, U. K., Van Leeuwen, J. L., Barr, A. H., & Burdick, J. W. (2008). Automated visual tracking for studying the ontogeny of zebrafish swimming. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211(8), 1305-1316. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.010272

Bos, F. M., Lentink, D., Van oudheusden, B. W., & Bijl, H. (2008). Influence of wing kinematics on aerodynamic performance in hovering insect flight. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 594, 341-368. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112007009172

Lentink, D., Muijres, F. T., Donker-Duyvis, F. J., & Van Leeuwen, J. L. (2008). Vortex-wake interactions of a flapping foil that models animal swimming and flight. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211(2), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.006155

2007

Bos, F. M., Lentink, D., Van Oudheusden, B. W., & Bijl, H. (2007). Numerical study of kinematic wing models of hovering insect flight. In Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (pp. 5782-5799). (Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Vol. 9). American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2007-482

Muijres, F. T., & Lentink, D. (2007). Wake visualization of a heaving and pitching foil in a soap film. Experiments in Fluids, 43(5), 665-673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-007-0379-y

2004

Müller, U. K., & Lentink, D. (2004). Turning on a dime. Science, 306(5703), 1899-1900. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1107070

2003

Lentink, D., & Gerritsma, M. (2003). Influence of airfoil shape on performance in insect flight. In 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit (33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit). American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2003-3447

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