Liftoff of an Electromagnetically Driven Insect-Inspired Flapping-Wing Robot

Liftoff of an Electromagnetically Driven Insect-Inspired Flapping-Wing Robot

We present the first electromagnetically driven, self-lifting, sub-100-mg, insect-inspired flapping-wing microaerial vehicle. This robot, with a weight of 80 mg and a wingspan of 3.5 cm, can produce sufficient thrust to lift off. The wing beat frequency is up to 80 Hz and the flapping amplitude is a...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on robotics 2016-10, Vol.32 (5), p.1285-1289
Hauptverfasser: Zou, Yang, Zhang, Weiping, Zhang, Zheng
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Actuators
Cameras
Electromagnetic actuators
Electromagnetics
flapping-wing microaerial vehicle
Frequencies
Insects
Knowledge
micro/nanorobots
Robot vision systems
Robots
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Zusammenfassung:We present the first electromagnetically driven, self-lifting, sub-100-mg, insect-inspired flapping-wing microaerial vehicle. This robot, with a weight of 80 mg and a wingspan of 3.5 cm, can produce sufficient thrust to lift off. The wing beat frequency is up to 80 Hz and the flapping amplitude is approximately ±70°. An electromagnetic actuator is employed to control the flapping amplitude and create passive wing rotation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the world's smallest electromagnetically driven flapping-wing robot that is capable of liftoff.
ISSN:1552-3098
1941-0468
DOI:10.1109/TRO.2016.2593449