Data of feather recovering performance of birds and micro structure of pigeons’ feathers

Data is presented to explain why birds can recover their ruffled feather vanes by shaking wings and preening feathers with the beak. Presented data includes the SEM microscopic images of rachis, barbs and barbules of pigeon’s feather and the images recording the experiments of observing and mimicking the recovering performance of pigeons. These high-quality images and models could be used for future research on feathers. Data helps to better understand the micro structure of feathers and the reason birds can fly. Data also support research on bioinspired mechanical structure, especially for flapping robot development.

本数据集旨在阐释鸟类可通过振翅与喙部理羽，恢复自身紊乱羽片（feather vanes）的机制。其包含的数据包括：鸽子羽毛羽轴（rachis）、羽枝（barbs）及羽小枝（barbules）的扫描电子显微镜（Scanning Electron Microscope, SEM）显微图像，以及记录观察与模拟鸽子羽片恢复过程的实验影像。这些高质量图像与相关模型可用于未来的羽毛相关研究，有助于更深入地理解羽毛的微观结构与鸟类的飞行原理，同时可为仿生机械结构（bioinspired mechanical structure）相关研究提供支撑，尤其能为扑翼机器人的研发工作提供助力。