March 25, 2011Festo creates SmartBird flying robotic seagull

Festo's SmartBird robotic seagull and its herring gull inspiration

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Festo has added to its robotic menagerie with the creation of a robotic seagull that weighs just 450 g (15.87 oz) and boasts a wingspan of 1.96 m (6.4 ft). Dubbed the SmartBird, the ultralight flying robot was inspired by the herring gull and can take off, fly and land autonomously, without the help of any additional drive systems.

In creating the SmartBird, Festo says it has succeeded in deciphering the flight of birds. The robot's wings not only beat up and down, with a lever mechanism increasing the degree of deflection to increase from the torso to the wing tip, but also twist at specific angles along their length in the same way that a real bird's do so that the leading edge is directed upwards during the upward stroke.

Directional control is achieved through the opposing movement of the robot's head and torso sections, which is synchronized by means of two electric motors and cables. This enables it to bend aerodynamically, with simultaneous weight displacement, and is responsible for the SmartBird's agility and maneuverability.

As with a real bird, the SmartBird's tail isn't just for show either. It produces lift and functions as both a pitch elevator and yaw rudder. In addition to stabilizing the robot in a similar way to an aircraft's conventional vertical stabilizer, the tail also tilts to initiate left and right turns and rotates about the longitudinal axis to produce yaw.

Packed inside the SmartBird's torso are the battery, engine and transmission, the crank transmission and control and regulation electronics. Wing position and torsion can be monitored via two-way ZigBee protocol radio communication and can be adjusted and optimized in real time during flight.

Festo says developing the SmartBird has provided insights that will help it in a variety of areas. The robot's minimal use of materials and lightweight construction will help increase efficiencies in resource and energy consumption, while the functional integration of its coupled drive units have provided ideas the company says it can transfer to the development of hybrid drive technology. Additionally, analysis of its flow characteristics during development has provided insights into ways to optimize future designs. Another plus is that it won't try and steal your chips at the beach.

Festo创造仿生机器海鸥SmartBird

3月25日，2011Festo创建SmartBird飞行机器人seagull

费斯托的SmartBird机器人海鸥和鲱鱼鸥灵感

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费斯托已添加到它的机器人动物园与建立一个机器人海鸥，重量的仅450克（15.87盎司），拥有的1.96米（6.4英尺）的翼展。名曰SmartBird，超轻型飞行机器人的灵感来自于鲱鱼鸥，可以起飞，飞行和陆地自主，没有任何额外的驱动系统的帮助。

在创建SmartBird，费斯托说，它已经成功地破译鸟类的飞行。机器人的翼不仅击败上下，具有杠杆机构增加偏转从躯干翼尖增加的程度，而且还扭转特定的角度沿其长度以同样的方式，一个真正的鸟的做使得前缘的上行冲程期间向上指向。

定向的控制是通过机械手的头部和躯干部分的相对运动，这是由两个电动马达和电缆的装置同步来实现的。这使得它弯曲空气动力学，并同时重变，和负责SmartBird的敏捷性和可操作性。

作为一个真正的鸟，在SmartBird的尾巴是不是作秀无论是。它生产的电梯和功能既是一种俯仰升降舵和方向舵偏转。除了稳定的机器人以类似的方式，以飞机的常规垂直安定，尾部也倾斜以引发左，右转弯和绕纵向轴线，以产生偏航。

所述SmartBird的躯干内盒装是电池，发动机和传动，曲轴传动，控制和调节电子设备。翼位置和扭转可以经由双向ZigBee协议的无线电通信进行监测，并可以调整，并在飞行过程中优化的实时性。

Festo的说发展SmartBird已提供的见解，这将有助于它在各种领域。机器人的最小使用的材料和轻质结构将有助于提高效率，在资源和能源消耗，而其耦合驱动单元的功能集成提供了思路该公司说，它可以转移到混合动力驱动技术的发展。此外，它的流量特性开发过程中的分析提供了见解的方法来优化未来的设计。另一个好处是，它不会试图窃取你的筹码在沙滩上。