Track 3 - A robot in the classroom Authors: Bénédicte Caramin, Iain Dunn, Rauno Ney, Yvonne Klawikowski, Abel J. Duarte, Benedita Malheiro, Cristina Ribeiro, Fernando Ferreira, Manuel F. Silva, Paulo Ferreira and Pedro Guedes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-NeSxxMLqs&index=2&list=PLboNOuyyzZ85UwWh70luNvKIhX8U1gxug

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Design and Implementation of a
Biologically Inspired Flying Robot
An EPS@ISEP 2014 Spring Project
Bénédicte Caramin
Iain Dunn
Rauno Ney
Yvonne Klawikowski
Abel J. Duarte
Benedita Malheiro
Cristina Ribeiro
Fernando Ferreira
Manuel F. Silva
Paulo Ferreira
Pedro Guedes

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• The team designed and implemented a robot
inspired by a biplane design
• The prototype, called MyBird, was built with a
250 € budget
• Constructed from lightweight materials and
battery powered

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• Related work
Human wings developed by Lilienthal
Phoenix E-Bird

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• Related work
Butterfly-type OrnithopterFlytech Dragonfly

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• Related work
Micromechanical Flying Insect.

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Forces involved in birds flight
How to provide thrust

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Planned wing beat of the ornithopter

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Conceptual drawings of the ornithopter biplane and monoplane design

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Conceptual drawings of the gear system

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MYBIRD DEVELOPMENT

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Electrical circuit schematic.
Bat1 is the battery,
U1 the Arduino,
U2 the motor driver and
M1 the brushed in
runner motor

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EXPERIMENTAL TESTS AND RESULTS
MyBird first prototype flew about 3 m, and broke after his first
flight when crash on the ground

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CONCLUSIONS
The project suffered a number of setbacks.
…. We have, however, learned a lot from this project and we can draw
conclusions from our experiences….
Design a flying object that mimicked, as closely as
possible, the flight of a bird is too difficult, due to the
articulated wings. How to make the wings bend?

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CONCLUSIONS
Most ornithopters fly using a biplane system, the
prevalence of this design suggests that this is the easiest
method of ornithopter flight.
Designs for monoplane ornithopters are extremely costly,
according to the performed state of the art survey.
The bigger the challenge the bigger the commitment and
delivery of students.

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EPS supervisors and lecturers for providing information and
feedback.
Special thanks are due to LSA – Laboratório de Sistemas
Autónomos, Porto, Portugal, for sponsoring this project.
The most important future development is to control MyBird.
In order to control the direction, i.e., turn left and right, it is
necessary to place a rudder in the tail.
A number of tests must be performed to ensure smooth flight.