From the video description:
A microprocessor-based onboard computer, a 6 DOF IMU sensor package, five DC motors with encoder feedback for flapping and wing articulation (asymmetric wing folding and leg/tail control), power/comm electronics, carbon-fiber frame, 3D printed parts, and silicone based membrane wings -- all at 92 grams.
No motion capture system was used for indoor closed-loop control flight.
A. Ramezani, X. Shi, S.-J. Chung, and S. Hutchinson, “Bat Bot (B2), A Biologically Inspired Flying Machine,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.
Dr. Alireza Ramezani, Xichen Shi
Prof. Soon-Jo Chung (http://publish.illinois.edu/aerospace...)
Prof. Seth Hutchinson (http://www-cvr.ai.uiuc.edu/~seth/)
Comments
Payload could be a little tiny bug zapper then it could fly round gobbling up flies like the real thing :)
I like the "(rubber)skin. May I ask you what material you are using here?
Keep it coming!
Robert
Pretty cool to watch fly (glide?) though.
Nice work illinois, does anyone know if those are stepper motors and what type? I would love a couple of those bad boys.