“Clicking” compliant mechanism for flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle

This paper presented a click mechanism, which is inspired by a Dipteran insect, for use in flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle. The clicking mechanism is integrated in a thorax-like compliant mechanism, which buckles and consequently produces a large wing stroke when driven by an electric motor. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chin, Yao-Wei, Lau, Gih Keong
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101775
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16371