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This study discusses controls of flapping flights of butterflies. Free-flying motions of butterflies are measured in a low-speed wind tunnel of an experimental system. A numerical model realizes a free flight by repeating a joint motion, whereas the flapping flight is unstable. A feedback control is designed and it successfully stabilizes the free-flight motion of the butterfly model. The control of a living butterfly is analyzed by comparison between an experimental observation and a numerical simulation. Maneuver is realized by constructing a servo controller. The transient response of control variables of the artificial control are similar to that of the living butterfly.
