Analysis of a mechanical resonance in the flapping wing actuation

The goal of this paper is to analyse the mechanical resonance that appears during the oscillatory motion in the flapping wing robots. The prototype of the actuation mechanism has been proposed that involves a DC motor directly driving a set of bioinspired wings. The resulting motion has been analysed using a high speed camera.

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