Gliding Mechanism with Hinged Aeroelastic Wings
Title: Gliding Mechanism with Hinged Aeroelastic Wings
Authors: Jingcheng Sun (University of Leeds); Junfeng Yang (University of Leeds); Robert Richardson (University of Leeds); Chengxu Zhou (University of Leeds);
Year: 2022
Citation: Sun, J., Yang, J., Richardson, R., Zhou, C., (2022). Gliding Mechanism with Hinged Aeroelastic Wings. UKRAS22 Conference “Robotics for Unconstrained Environments” Proceedings, 80-81. doi: 10.31256/If9Ru3F
Abstract:
Abstract—Last few decades have seen a rising number of robot designs combining jumping and gliding functions. Engineers have drawn inspirations from birds for efficient gliding , namely their body morphology and flying techniques. Devices that are inspired by birds have benefited aircraft designs with the most prominent of them being the winglet. This work presents a glider design that can be coupled with jumping robots for locomotion and is able to have efficient and stable flights. A aeroelastic hinged winglet design is added to the glider, which enables the wings to have load alleviation capabilities.