Review of insect-inspired wing micro air vehicle

Fa Song; Yongwei Yan; Jiyu Sun

doi:10.1016/j.asd.2022.101225

Review of insect-inspired wing micro air vehicle

Arthropod Struct Dev. 2023 Jan:72:101225. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101225. Epub 2022 Dec 1.

Authors

Fa Song¹, Yongwei Yan¹, Jiyu Sun²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, PR China.
² Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, PR China. Electronic address: sjy@jlu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36464577
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101225

Abstract

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have wide application prospects in environmental monitoring, disaster rescue and other civil fields because of their flexibility and maneuverability. Compared with fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, flapping wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs) have higher energy utilization efficiency and lower cost and have attracted extensive attention from scientists. Insects have become excellent bionic objects for the study of FWMAVs due to their characteristics of low Reynolds number, low noise, hoverability, small size and light weight. By mimicking flying insects, it may be possible to create highly efficient biomimetic FWMAVs. In this paper, insect flight aerodynamics are reviewed, and the mechanism designs of insect-inspired FWMAVs and their aerodynamics are summarized, including the wing type effect, vibration characteristics and aerodynamic characteristics of the flapping wing.

Keywords: Aerodynamic characteristics; Bioinspired; Flapping wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV); Insect; Vibration characteristics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aircraft*
Animals
Biomechanical Phenomena
Equipment Design*
Flight, Animal
Insecta
Models, Biological*
Wings, Animal