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James Lynch

2 accepted papers

2022

A compliant thorax design for robustness and elastic energy exchange in flapping-wing robots

IROS 2022poster

Flapping wing insects benefit from a compliant thorax that provides elastic energy exchange and resiliency to wing collisions. In this paper, we present a flapping wing robot that uses an underactuated compliant transmission inspired by the insect thorax. We developed a novel fabrication method that…

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2022

Autonomous Actuation of Flapping Wing Robots Inspired by Asynchronous Insect Muscle

ICRA 2022poster

In most instances, flapping wing robots have emulated the “synchronous” actuation of insects in which the wingbeat timing is generated from a time-dependent, rhythmic signal. The internal dynamics of asynchronous insect flight muscle enable high-frequency, adaptive wingbeats with minimal direct neur…

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