A flying insect-like flapper actuated by a compressed LIPCA

2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-24

  Nguyen, Quoc Viet ^a   Park, Hoon C ^a   Goo, Nam S ^a   Byun, Doyoung ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic force; Flapper; Insect mimicking; LIPCA; Wing rotation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIR; AUTOMATION; BIOMIMETICS; GAS DYNAMICS; ROBOTICS; ROTATION;

AERODYNAMIC FORCE; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; FLAPPER; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; INERTIA FORCES; INSECT MIMICKING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LIPCA; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES; ROTATION ANGLES; TOTAL FORCE; UNIMORPH; VACUUM CHAMBERS; WING ROTATION;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 49249116697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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