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Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2018 The biplane counter-flapping wing is a special type of wing flapping which is inspired from the fish and insect in nature. The propulsive performance is one of the most important considerations for this kind of flapping wing.
Jianyang Zhu, Bin Lei
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AIP Advances, 2020 In the present study, a bionic flapping mechanism of a spatial six-bar configuration was designed to transform a single rotation of a motor into a three degrees of freedom “flapping–twist–swing” cooperative motion of a flapping wing. The kinematics model
Bing Ji +8 more
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Towards Bio-Inspiration, Development, and Manufacturing of a Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle
Drones, 2020 Throughout the last decade, there has been an increased demand for intricate flapping-wing drones with different capabilities than larger drones. The design of flapping-wing drones is focused on endurance and stability, as these are two of the main ...
P. Lane +5 more
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Reduced-order modeling of unsteady aerodynamics of a flapping wing based on the Volterra theory
Results in Physics, 2017 Flapping flight mechanisms offers a power-efficient and highly manoeuvrable basis for the development of micro air vehicles. The aerodynamic knowledge and prediction tools of the flapping wing are quite important for the design of micro air vehicles.
Kai Liu, Daochun Li, Jinwu Xiang
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Research on the Flight Performance of Biomimetic Moth Based on Flapping Function Control
Applied SciencesFlapping flight is an important mode of insect flight, and its unique flapping motion pattern enables it to fly efficiently in complex environments. This paper takes a biomimetic moth flapping-wing aircraft as the research object and proposes a periodic ...
Yaxin Liu +4 more
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Kinematic Optimization of a Flexible Wing Undergoing Flapping and Pitching
Shock and Vibration, 2021 In recent years, there has been widespread interest in the design of microair vehicles (MAVs) for flapping flight with high-aspect ratio wings due to their high efficiency and energy savings.
Yue Wu +3 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska +2 more
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Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2018 Insect wings change its shape passively by the aerodynamic and inertial forces when flapping, which can greatly affect its aerodynamic performances. In order to confirm the importance of the fluid-structure interaction in flapping wing aerodynamics, we ...
Toshiyuki NAKATA, Ryusuke NODA, Hao LIU
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Aerospace, 2022 In this work, we use a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to comprehend how the two wing arrangement variables, i.e., inner/outer wing proportion and mid-stroke dihedral, affect the lift characteristic of a bat-inspired span ...
Dawei Bie +4 more
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