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

• Main Authors: Chin, Yao-Wei, Lau, Gih Keong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101775; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16371
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...