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昆虫大小的微型飞行器的无飞行
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
概括
研究人员在微型飞行器中实现了持续的无飞行. 这种昆虫大小的机器人克服了自主飞行的电力和有效载荷挑战.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术
- 航空航天工程
- 生物模拟学
背景情况:
- 昆虫大小的机器人无飞行受到高能耗和有效载荷限制的限制.
- 目前的微型飞行器需要电源和控制,这限制了它们的自主性.
研究的目的:
- 在昆虫大小的微型飞行器中展现持续的无飞行.
- 克服小型自主飞行的能源和电子整合挑战.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种90毫克的车辆,
- 集成一个光伏阵列和信号发生器用于机载电源和控制.
- 实现了增强的空气动力效率和高起重比.
主要成果:
- 车辆的最大起重比为4.1:1,在推力效率方面超过了生物同行.
- 综合系统包括电子设备,重量259毫克,额外的有效载荷容量.
- 这种系统消耗110-120毫瓦,
结论:
- 这项研究介绍了最轻的昆虫规模的飞行器,
- 展示的技术为具有实际有效载荷能力的自主微型飞行器铺平了道路.
- 这些发现代表了微型机器人和生物灵感飞行系统的重大进步.
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