Experimental Analysis of Driveline Performance of Flapping Wing Nano-robots

A Bibliometric Analysis of Flapping Wing Instrumentation

“…However, the majority of systems that utilize single-axis load cells simply mount the mechanism directly on an off-the-shelf sensor. Despite this simplicity, these directly mounted systems show robustness in measuring data at diverse flapping frequencies from less than 15 Hz [24][25][26][27][28], [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] to as high as 35 Hz [33]. The major advantage with this form of instrumentation is its simplicity.…”

“…To help track the motion of the wing, markers can be added to the wing to be better detected by the cameras. This can include strips of tape or lines [17,43]; markers on the roots, tips [34] and/or the spars [30,55]; and colored or reflective markers [48,54]. Alternatively, systems use a coating on the entire wing to allow the full motion of the wing to be observed in imagery, such as in [69,70].…”

“…In this instance, the sensor is used in a tachometer to determine the operational frequency of the system. Some example systems that use this method are in references [30,[44][45][46]53,59].…”