Direct drive or slider-crank? Comparing motor-actuated flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles

For flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles, the common approach to converting the rotational motion of a DC motor to the reciprocal flapping motion is using a slider-crank mechanism. However, frictional losses in sliders and rotational joints can hinder the performance of such a system. An alternative...

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Main Authors: Moonsoo Park, Ali Abolfathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:Drone Systems and Applications
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Online Access:https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/dsa-2023-0026