Review of the Flight Control Method of a Bird-like Flapping-Wing Air Vehicle [PDF]
Micromachines, 2023 The Bird-like Flapping-wing Air Vehicle (BFAV) is a robotic innovation that emulates the flight patterns of birds. In comparison to fixed-wing and rotary-wing air vehicles, the BFAV offers superior attributes such as stealth, enhanced maneuverability ...
Xiaoqing Fang +6 more
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3D Flapping Trajectory of a Micro-Air-Vehicle and its Application to Unsteady Flow Simulation [PDF]
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2013 A three-dimensional (3D) trajectory detection framework using two high-speed cameras for the flapping flexible wing of a micro-air-vehicle (MAV) is presented. This MAV, which is called the “Golden Snitch”, has a successful flight record of 8 minutes.
Lung-Jieh Yang +3 more
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Design and Flight Experiment of a Motor-Directly-Driven Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle with Extension Springs [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis study presents the design, control, and flight experiments of a motor-directly-driven flapping-wing micro air vehicle with extension springs (MDD-FWMAVES).
Seungik Choi +3 more
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Development of a Novel Tailless X-Type Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle with Independent Electric Drive [PDF]
BiomimeticsA novel tailless X-type flapping-wing micro air vehicle with two pairs of independent drive wings is designed and fabricated in this paper. Due to the complexity and unsteady of the flapping wing mechanism, the geometric and kinematic parameters of ...
Yixin Zhang +8 more
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Aerodynamic Ground Effect in Fruitfly Sized Insect Takeoff. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Aerodynamic ground effect in flapping-wing insect flight is of importance to comparative morphologies and of interest to the micro-air-vehicle (MAV) community.
Dmitry Kolomenskiy +5 more
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A Novel Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicle Using Flapping Wings for Underwater Propulsion [PDF]
BiomimeticsAerial-aquatic unmanned vehicles are a combination of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned submersibles, capable of conducting patrols in both the air and underwater domains.
Jiacheng He +6 more
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Additively Manufactured Dragonfly-Inspired Wings for Bio-Faithful Flapping MAV Development [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis work presents a first-iteration bio-faithful dragonfly-inspired wing designed for future flapping micro air vehicle (MAV) applications. Using high-resolution imaging, the natural venation pattern of fore- and hindwings was reconstructed in CAD and ...
Emilia Georgiana Prisăcariu +6 more
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Stability and Controller Research of Double-Wing FMAV System Based on Controllable Tail [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis study aimed to enhance the stability and response speed of a passive stabilized double-wing flapping micro air vehicle (FMAV) by implementing a feedback-controlled biomimetic tail. A model for flapping wings accurately calculated the lift force with
Yichen Zhang +7 more
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Effects of shapes and kinematics of hovering flapping wings on aerodynamic forces and vortex structures [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe present study investigated the effects of wing shapes and flapping motions on the aerodynamic forces and vortex structures of insect flight. Aerodynamic force measurements and flow visualizations were performed in a water tank by cross-applying the ...
Hyun Ki Kwon, Jo Won Chang
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Design and analysis of an innovative flapping wing micro aerial vehicle with a figure eight wingtip trajectory [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2021 A multi-mode flapping wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) that uses a figure eight wingtip motion trajectory with wing flapping, rotation, and swing motion is presented in this paper.
S. Jiang +6 more
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