Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 1285-1289Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2016.2593449
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Electromagnetic actuators; flapping-wing microaerial vehicle; micro/nanorobots
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- Supporting Foundation of the Ministry of Education [62501040303]
- Preresearch Fund [9140A26020313JW03371, 9140A26020414JW03412]
- New Century Excellent Talents Support Program from the Ministry of Education of China [NCET-10-0583]
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We present the first electromagnetically driven, self-lifting, sub-100-mg, insect-inspired flapping-wing microaerial vehicle. This robot, with a weight of 80 mg and a wingspan of 3.5 cm, can produce sufficient thrust to lift off. The wing beat frequency is up to 80 Hz and the flapping amplitude is approximately +/-70 degrees. An electromagnetic actuator is employed to control the flapping amplitude and create passive wing rotation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the world's smallest electromagnetically driven flapping-wing robot that is capable of liftoff.
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