Journal
BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/aa58d3
Keywords
compliant mechanism; compliant transmission mechanism; flapping wing micro air vehicle; compliant actuators; bio-inspired flapping aerial robots; micro air vehicle (MAV)
Funding
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- RoboCity2030-III-CM project (Robotica aplicada a la mejora de la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos fase III) [S2013/MIT-2748]
- Programas de Actividades I + D en la Comunidad de Madrid
- Structural Funds of the EU
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Flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs) are a class of unmanned aircraft that imitate flight characteristics of natural organisms such as birds, bats, and insects, in order to achieve maximum flight efficiency and manoeuvrability. Designing proper mechanisms for flapping transmission is an extremely important aspect for FWMAVs. Compliant transmission mechanisms have been considered as an alternative to rigid transmission systems due to their lower the number of parts, thereby reducing the total weight, lower energy loss thanks to little or practically no friction among parts, and at the same time, being able to store and release mechanical power during the flapping cycle. In this paper, the state-of-the-art research in this field is dealt upon, highlighting open challenges and research topics. An optimization method for designing compliant transmission mechanisms inspired by the thoraxes of insects is also introduced.
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