The Development and Test on Wing Type of A Bionic Flying Micro-robot

Abstract

The flapping wing system of a bionic flying micro-robot based on insects and birds aggregates the lift,hovering and push functions,its kinematics and aerodynamics are different from that of fixed wing and rotational wing,and so bionic flying micro-robot must be studied from bionics initially.Based on some appropriate hypothesis and bionics,the kinematics and aerodynamics model of flapping wing were built up,several wing types were designed and developed.An equipment of measuring aerodynamic force was designed and developed,and several bionic wings were tested on it.It is concluded that all of the tested bionic wings can generate lift force,however the flexible wing has best kinetic and aerodynamic performance among them,as well as flapping frequency and amplitude are the main factor of effecting on lift force generation.