Advances on System Design of Bio-Inspired Flapping Wing MAV
Bio-inspired flapping wing micro air vehicles have excellent aerodynamic performance and flex-ible flight ability.They have been widely used in both military and civilian markets.Research teams at home and abroad have made significant progress in developing principle prototypes,flapping wing aero-dynamics,driving mechanisms,flight control,and other fields.This paper reviews the development and research progress of the bird-like flapping wing MAVs from the conceptual design methods,driving mechanism design and optimization,and aerodynamics.Firstly,starting from the conceptual design method of the flapping wing,the bionic configuration of bird-like flapping wing aircraft has been summa-rized,and the overall design parameter estimation method has been outlined.Secondly,the application,advantages,and disadvantages of various configuration crank-link mechanisms in flapping wing drives have been reviewed.Then,the flapping wing aerodynamic experimental methods and numerical calcula-tion methods are summarized,and the advantages and disadvantages of different flapping wing aerody-namic algorithms in terms of calculation cost and accuracy for different application scenarios have been analyzed.Finally,the design and research status of the bird-like ornithopter system is summarized,and the prospect of the prototype development process has been put forward.