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H. F. Huang, W. He, Q. Fu, X. Y. He, and C. Y. Sun, “A bio-inspired flapping-wing robot with cambered wings and its application in autonomous airdrop,” IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 2138–2150, Dec. 2022. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2022.106040
Citation: H. F. Huang, W. He, Q. Fu, X. Y. He, and C. Y. Sun, “A bio-inspired flapping-wing robot with cambered wings and its application in autonomous airdrop,” IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 2138–2150, Dec. 2022. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2022.106040
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A Bio-Inspired Flapping-Wing Robot With Cambered Wings and Its Application in Autonomous Airdrop

doi: 10.1109/JAS.2022.106040
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    School of Intelligence Science and Technology, and also with the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

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    School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, and also with the School of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Funds:  This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62225304, 61933001, 61921004, 62173031), in part by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (JQ20026), and in part by the Beijing Top Discipline for Artificial Intelligent Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
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    Abstract
  • Flapping-wing flight, as the distinctive flight method retained by natural flying creatures, contains profound aerodynamic principles and brings great inspirations and encouragements to drone developers. Though some ingenious flapping-wing robots have been designed during the past two decades, development and application of autonomous flapping-wing robots are less successful and still require further research. Here, we report the development of a servo-driven bird-like flapping-wing robot named USTBird-I and its application in autonomous airdrop. Inspired by birds, a camber structure and a dihedral angle adjustment mechanism are introduced into the airfoil design and motion control of the wings, respectively. Computational fluid dynamics simulations and actual flight tests show that this bionic design can significantly improve the gliding performance of the robot, which is beneficial to the execution of the airdrop mission. Finally, a vision-based airdrop experiment has been successfully implemented on USTBird-I, which is the first demonstration of a bird-like flapping-wing robot conducting an outdoor airdrop mission.

     

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    • This paper provides a new design and control method for flapping-wing robots and expands their potential application scenarios
    • Development of a servo-driven flapping-wing robot with independently controlled wings, which enables it to glide like a bird
    • A camber structure and a dihedral angle adjustment mechanism are introduced into the airfoil design and motion control of the wings, which is proved an effective way to improve the gliding performance of the flapping-wing robot
    • A vision-based airdrop experiment has been successfully implemented on the developed robot, which is the first demonstration of a flapping-wing robot conducting an outdoor airdrop mission

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