Technical data • Beat frequency: Between 15 and 20 Hz • Wingspan: 63 cm • Body length: 44 cm • Weight: 175 g • Degrees of freedom: 13 • Processor: ARM microcontroller • Motor: 1 brushless VS external rotor • Wing actuation: 8 servo motors • Head and body actuators: 4 shape memory alloys (SMAs) • Sensors: Inertia, acceleration and position sensors • Battery: 2 LiPo cells, 7,6 volts • Wireless modules: 2.4 GHz spectrum • Wireless remote control: Smartphone or digital spectrum transmitter Materials used: • Wing structure: Carbon-fibre rod • Wing surface: Polyester membrane • Housing and mechanical system: Aluminium, polyamide (sintered) and terpolymer (deep-drawn ABS) Project participants Project initiator: Dr. Wilfried Stoll, Managing Partner, Festo Holding GmbH Project team Project management: Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Frontzek, Dipl.-Des. Elias Knubben, Festo AG & Co. KG Scientific support: Dr. rer. nat. Nina Gaissert, Festo AG & Co. KG Design and manufacture: Rainer Mugrauer, Günter Mugrauer, Effekt-Technik GmbH, Schlaitdorf Electronics and integration: Dipl.-Ing. Agalya Jebens, Dipl.-Inf. Kristof Jebens, JNTec GbR, Gärtringen Credits: Preserved dragonfly p 2 (bottom left): Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History Photo credits p 2 (top): Ingo Radziwill 54814 en 4/2013 Film Festo AG & Co. KG Ruiter Strasse 82 73734 Esslingen Germany Phone +49 711 347-0 Telefax +49 711 347-21 55 cc@de.festo.com www.festo.com/bionics
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