DocumentCode
3150199
Title
Development of a variable-wing mechanism based on flapping motion of birds
Author
Yokoyama, Taku ; Tanaka, Kazuo ; Ohtake, Hiroshi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Intell. Syst., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu
fYear
2008
fDate
20-22 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
173
Abstract
This paper presents an innovative variable-wing mechanism based on flapping motion of birds. The main feature of the mechanism proposed in this paper is to realize the complicated flapping motion of birds such as flapping, spanning, lead-lagging and feathering by using only a single actuator. We show the utility of the new variable-wing mechanism by comparing the motion generated by the new mechanism with the typical flapping motion of pigeons.
Keywords
actuators; aerospace robotics; motion control; bird flapping motion; single actuators; variable-wing mechanism; Actuators; Birds; Bones; Drag; Feathers; Forward contracts; Intelligent systems; Joints; Mechanical engineering; Vehicles; Variable-wing mechanism; feathering; flapping; lead-lagging; spanning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE Annual Conference, 2008
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
978-4-907764-30-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-4-907764-29-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SICE.2008.4654643
Filename
4654643
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