TY - GEN
T1 - Flying cyborg
T2 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2019
AU - Li, Yao
AU - Hu, Ying
AU - Umezu, Shinjiro
AU - Sato, Hirotaka
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Mr. Wu Jinbin for his contribution in designing electronic devices, keeping experimental animals and conducting flight measurements. The authors would like to thank Mr. Chew Hock See, Dr. Cao Feng and Dr. Vo Doan Tat Thang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) for their selfless assistances on maintaining research spaces and experimental facilities. This work is partially supported by Shenzhen Key Laboratory Project (ZDSYS201707271637577), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE2017-T2-2-067) and Japanese MEXT Super Global University Project: Frontier of Embodiment Informatics: ICT and Robotics, Waseda University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - The study of flight orientation has gained more and more attention. In this study, we demonstrated a cyborg beetle for measuring body orientations in free flight, which contained a living insect platform and a miniature backpack with micro battery. While flying in a large flight chamber, the flight status of cyborg beetle could be recorded remotely. Thereafter, the effect of pitching on flight control was analyzed. According to the recorded flight data, a strong linear relationship was revealed between the pitch angles and forward accelerations, which was quantified by the Pearson's correlation coefficients and the fitting of mean forward accelerations under each pitch angle. We believe the coupling of pitch angle and forward acceleration is generated by tilted net aerodynamic force and flight air drag. The achievement of the orientation analysis would inspire a new approach to control system design of flying cyborgs and flapping-wing micro air vehicles (MAVs).
AB - The study of flight orientation has gained more and more attention. In this study, we demonstrated a cyborg beetle for measuring body orientations in free flight, which contained a living insect platform and a miniature backpack with micro battery. While flying in a large flight chamber, the flight status of cyborg beetle could be recorded remotely. Thereafter, the effect of pitching on flight control was analyzed. According to the recorded flight data, a strong linear relationship was revealed between the pitch angles and forward accelerations, which was quantified by the Pearson's correlation coefficients and the fitting of mean forward accelerations under each pitch angle. We believe the coupling of pitch angle and forward acceleration is generated by tilted net aerodynamic force and flight air drag. The achievement of the orientation analysis would inspire a new approach to control system design of flying cyborgs and flapping-wing micro air vehicles (MAVs).
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U2 - 10.1109/CBS46900.2019.9114392
DO - 10.1109/CBS46900.2019.9114392
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85089463206
T3 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2019
SP - 159
EP - 164
BT - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, CBS 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 18 September 2019 through 20 September 2019
ER -