ABSTRACT

Aerial vehicles have been investigated recently in different contexts, due to their high

potential of utilization in multiple application areas. Different mechanisms can be used

for aerial vehicles actuation, such as the rotating multi-blade systems (Multi-Copters)

and more recently flapping wings. Flapping wing robots have attracted much attention

from researchers in recent years. In this study, a simple dual-actuated flapping

mechanism is proposed for actuating a flapping wing robot. The mechanism is designed,

simulated and started fabricating both the gear and wing structures. A roll controlling

approach is to be proposed to control the roll angle of the robot via controlling the

speeds of both motors actuating each of the wings.

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