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US 12,441,468 B2Granted
Bio-inspired flapping wing/fin robotic platform
AssigneeBrown University
InventorsXiaozhou Fan, Kenneth Breuer
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Abstract
A three degrees-of freedom robotic flapper includes a fuselage, the fuselage housing motors and driving trains, a left wing attached to the fuselage, and a right wing attached to the fuselage, the left wing and the right wing configured to perform a wing flapping motion, a wing twisting motion and a wing folding motion.
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A three degrees-of freedom robotic flapper comprising:
- a fuselage, the fuselage housing motors and driving trains;
- a left wing attached to the fuselage;
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- a right wing attached to the fuselage, the left wing and the right wing configured to perform a wing flapping motion, a wing twisting motion and a wing folding motion, the wing twisting motion actuated by a Bowden cable.
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A method of flapping wings on a robotic platform comprising:
- providing a fuselage housing motors and driving trains;
- providing a left wing attached to the fuselage;
- providing a right wing attached to the fuselage;
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- performing a wing flapping motion, a wing twisting motion and a wing folding motion, the wing twisting motion is actuated by a Bowden cable, the wing folding motion and the wing twisting working in synergy by alleviating negative lift during a late upstroke, and producing more thrust in a throughout cycle.
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