Design Constraints of a Minimally Actuated Four Bar Linkage Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle

2014 ◽  
pp. 545-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin M. Perseghetti ◽  
Jesse A. Roll ◽  
John C. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Design Constraints ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Four Bar Linkage

scholarly journals Design of a Flapping Wing Mechanism to Coordinate Both Wing Swing and Wing Pitch

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Wang ◽  
J. Michael McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Design Procedure ◽  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Input And Output ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Swing Movement ◽  
Tolerance Zones ◽  
Four Bar Linkage

This paper presents a design procedure to achieve a flapping wing mechanism for a micro-air vehicle that coordinates both the wing swing and wing pitch with one actuator. The mechanism combines a planar four-bar linkage with a spatial four-bar linkage attached to the input and output links forming a six-bar linkage. The planar four-bar linkage was designed to control the wing swing trajectory profile and the spatial four-bar linkage was designed to coordinate the pitch of the wing to the swing movement. Tolerance zones were specified around the accuracy points, which were then sampled to generate a number of design candidates. The result was 29 designs that achieve the desired coordination of wing swing and pitch, and a prototype was constructed.

Design and Fabrication of an SU-8 Biomimetic Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle by MEMS Technology

ROBOT ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng CHI ◽  
Weiping ZHANG ◽  
Wenyuan CHEN ◽  
Hongyi LI ◽  
Kun MENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Mems Technology

scholarly journals Dove: A biomimetic flapping-wing micro air vehicle

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Yang ◽  
Liguang Wang ◽  
Bifeng Song
Keyword(s):  
Mechanism Design ◽  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Flexible Wing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ground Station ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Color Video ◽  
Flapping Mechanism

This paper describes the design and development of the Dove, a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV), which was developed in Northwestern Polytechnical University. FWMAVs have attracted international attentions since the past two decades. Since some achievements have been obtained, such as the capability of supporting an air vehicle to fly, our research goal was to design an FWMAV that has the ability to accomplish a task. Main investigations were presented in this paper, including the flexible wing design, the flapping mechanism design, and the on-board avionics development. The current Dove has a mass of 220 g, a wingspan of 50 cm, and the ability of operating fully autonomously, flying lasts half an hour, and transmitting live stabilized color video to a ground station over 4 km away.

Controlled Flight Maneuvers of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle: a Step Towards the Delfly II Identification

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao V. Caetano ◽  
Coen C. de Visser ◽  
Bart D. Remes ◽  
Christophe De Wagter ◽  
Erik-Jan Van Kampen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Air Vehicle
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