A Bio-inspired Wing Driver for the Study of Insect-Scale Flight Aerodynamics
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Insect flight studies have advanced our understanding of flight biomechanics and inspire micro-aerial vehicle (MAV) technologies. A challenge of centimeter or millimeter scale flight is that small forces are produced from relatively complex wing motions. We describe the design and fabrication of a millimeter-sized wing flapping mechanism to simultaneously control pitch and stroke of insect and MAV wings. Using micro-fabrication techniques we construct this wing driver and observe that wing motion matches the natural degrees of freedom of insect wings. We actuate wing stroke-position and pitch in open-loop at frequencies relevant to Dipteran and Hymenopteran flight (100-200Hz) and describe the advancements and limitations of this system.
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