Harvesting Energy from Moth Vibrations during Flight
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This paper presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a harvester that extracts energy from moth-body vibrations during flight. The target moth is manduca sexta, which has a payload capacity near 1 g, and a dorsal payload volume approximately 8 mm wide and 15 mm tall. Operating within these constraints, the energy harvester is designed to deliver 1 mW of electrical power at 1 VDC for general-purpose use. It is based on magnetic induction driven by permanent magnets moving past windings. This motion is enhanced by a mechanical resonator tuned to the moth wing-flapping frequency.
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