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A Simple Flight Mill for the Study of Tethered Flight in Insects
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昆虫サイズの微小翼飛行器の無拘束飛行
Noah T Jafferis1,2, E Farrell Helbling3,4, Michael Karpelson4
1John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. njafferis@seas.harvard.edu.
Nature
|June 28, 2019
まとめ
研究者はマイクロスケールの空中乗り物で 持続的な無拘束飛行を達成しました この昆虫の大きさのロボットは 自動飛行のパワーとペイロードの課題を 克服しています
科学分野:
- ロボット
- 航空宇宙工学
- バイオミメティック
背景:
- 昆虫の大きさのロボットで 飛行する際には エネルギーが必要で 荷重の制限があります
- 現在の微小飛行器は,電源と制御のためにテザーを必要とし,自律性を制限します.
研究 の 目的:
- 昆虫の大きさの 翼を振る微小型の航空機で 継続的な無拘束飛行を 示すために
- 小規模な自律飛行のエネルギーと電子統合の課題を克服する.
主な方法:
- アルミニウムで強化されたピエゾエレクトリックアクチュエータで動かす 4つの翼の90ミリグラムの車両を開発しました.
- ボードの電源と制御のための光伏配列と信号発生器を統合した.
- エロダイナミック効率の向上と 高い持ち上げ比率を達成した.
主要な成果:
- 牽引力の最大比率は4.1:1で 牽引力の効率は生物学的対比を上回る.
- エレクトロニクスを含む統合システムは 259ミリグラムの重さで 追加のペイロード容量があります
- このシステムは110-120ミリワットで ハチのような昆虫の推力効率に匹敵します
結論:
- この研究は,最も軽い昆虫のスケールで, 持続的な無拘束飛行を実現する航空機を提示します.
- この技術により,実用的なペイロード能力を有する 自動運転の小型航空機の開発が進められます.
- この発見はマイクロロボティクスと バイオインスピレーションによる飛行システムの 重要な進歩を表しています
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