A flat quadruped gliding robot with a tail

Abstract

The invention discloses a flat four-footed gliding robot provided with an empennage and belongs to the technical field of mechanical design. The robot comprises a body module, a limb module, an empennage module and a flexible wing membrane, and is of a flat structure in the whole; the limb module comprises four same-structured portions, which are positioned on frame structures at the four vertex positions of the body module, and conducts up-down pitching motion relative to the plane on which the body module is located under the control of four corresponding steering engines A; the empennage module is installed at the rear end of the body module, and conducts up-down pitching motion relative to the plane on which the body module is located under the control of corresponding steering engines B; the flexible wing membrane covers the upper and lower faces of the body module and is fixedly connected onto the limb module and the shape of the flexible wing membrane is changed under the driving of the pitching motion of the limb module. The robot is convenient to install and compact in structure; the flat four-footed gliding robot is designed to be flatted in the whole, the gliding stability is better, the flat four-footed gliding robot is light in the whole, and the glide ratio is favorably improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a gliding robot, in particular to a flat, modular robot capable of bionic gliding posture adjustment. Background technique [0002] In order to adapt to the needs of rapid transfer in the jungle environment, some organisms have evolved a wing membrane capable of gliding and landing during the long natural evolution. Gliding has many meanings for this kind of organisms. It not only helps to enhance the adaptability of animals, avoid natural enemies and prey, but also can effectively reduce the energy consumption of sports and reduce the impact of accidental landing. At present, many animals with gliding ability have been found in nature, such as lizards, locusts, flying fish, spiders, flying frogs, bats, flying squirrels, snakes, birds and so on. [0003] Flying lizards mainly rely on the swing of their long tails to change their posture and enter the gliding process, while flying squirrels rely on their limbs to drive the shap...

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Problems solved by technology

[0009] 1. Both pitch and yaw control of gliding use tail rudder, the overall size is huge, and the effect is not ideal

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