This paper describes the design of dragonfly-inspired robots. Dragonflies demonstrate unique and superior flight performance compared with most other insect species. They are equipped with two pairs of independently controlled wings. The high level of dexterity in wing motion of the dragonfly allows it to hover, fly fast forward, make turns rapidly, fly sideways and even glide. A dragonfly-inspired robot that could effectively mimic those kinematics would potentially exhibit superior flight performance compared with existing designs of insect robots. In this paper, the authors introduce two generations of robotic dragonfly prototypes developed to implement simplified dragonfly kinematics. Preliminary experiments on kinematics and aerodynamic force measurements of the prototypes are also presented.


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    Title :

    Design of and experiments on a dragonfly-inspired robot


    Additional title:

    Entwurf und Experimente eines libellen-inspirierten Roboters


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advanced Robotics ; 23 , 7/8 ; 1003-1021


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    19 Seiten, 19 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 33 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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