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JRM Vol.31 No.6 pp. 894-904
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2019.p0894
(2019)

Paper:

Three-DoF Flapping-Wing Robot with Variable-Amplitude Link Mechanism

Terukazu Sato, Akihiro Fujimura, and Naoyuki Takesue

Graduate School of Systems Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan

Received:
April 2, 2019
Accepted:
October 21, 2019
Published:
December 20, 2019
Keywords:
flapping-wing robot, variable-amplitude link mechanism, biomimetics
Abstract

This paper describes the development of a three-degrees-of-freedom flapping-wing robot with a variable-amplitude link mechanism for controlling the lift and thrust forces acting on it. The variable-amplitude link mechanism comprises a lever-crank mechanism driven by a brushless DC motor and a linear actuator to control the amplitude of the flapping angle. The robot also comprises two DC motors with reduction gears for feathering and lead-lag motion. In our experiments, the measurement of force-torque revealed the effects of the motion of each wing. We found that the flapping-amplitude difference between the left and right wings causes a roll and yaw moment.

The developed flapping-wing robot

The developed flapping-wing robot

Cite this article as:
T. Sato, A. Fujimura, and N. Takesue, “Three-DoF Flapping-Wing Robot with Variable-Amplitude Link Mechanism,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.31 No.6, pp. 894-904, 2019.
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