Title
Asynchronous and Self-Adaptive Flight Assembly via Electrostatic Actuation of Flapping Wings
Abstract
About three quarters of flying insects on Earth use the asynchronous driving mechanism in muscles to power their flights. Herein, an asynchronous flight assembly via electrostatic actuation of flapping wings in analogy to the asynchronous mechanism in natural flying insects is demonstrated. The wing motions are driven by the self-sustained oscillation of metal beams in a steady electric field and regulated by the input voltage between two stationary electrodes, whereas the discharging process occurs repetitively as the oscillating beams hit and exchange charges with the electrodes. Several advancements in the oscillation and flight demonstrations have been achieved: 1) self-sustainable and asynchronous oscillations for biomimetic flapping-wing motions with high efficiency, 2) the first takeoff of an asynchronous flight assembly along the fixed electrodes, and 3) the first self-adaptive hovering assembly via the passive modulation of the flapping frequency and amplitude when a disturbance is introduced.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1002/aisy.202100048
ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
arti?cial muscles, asynchronous mechanism, biologically inspired robots, biomimetics
Journal
3
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
11
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qi Mingjing100.34
Zhou Kehan200.34
Zhiwei Liu300.34
Hengyu Zhang400.34
Yichuan Wu500.34
Zhu Yangsheng601.01
Zhan Wencheng700.34
Yang Yi800.34
Hongtao Wu900.34
Jianmei Huang1001.01
Yan Xiaojun1100.34
Liwei Lin1212228.76