RobotBat, robotic bat, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Developers:

Coordinated Science Laboratory

Aerospace Robotics and Control (ARC) Lab

Seth Hutchinson has teamed with CSL and Aerospace Engineering Assistant Professor Soon-Jo Chung, CSL and Aerospace Associate Professor Timothy Bretl, and Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Mani Golparvar-Fard

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RobotBat: Robotic bat flapping flight testbed

Uploaded on Apr 4, 2011

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Article "Hutchinson and Engineering at Illinois collaborators awarded $1.5 million to build robot bats"

by Daniel Dexter
October 14, 2014

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Introducing the RoboBat Drone (B2) from the University of Illinois

Published on May 23, 2015

A fully autonomous robotic bat is coming soon.
Dr. Alireza Ramezani, Xichen Shi, Prof. Soon-Jo Chung, Prof. Seth Hutchinson
Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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B2 (Bat Robot) preliminary autonomous flight result

Published on Sep 24, 2015

Dr. Alireza Ramezani, Xichen Shi, Prof. Soon-Jo Chung, Prof. Seth Hutchinson, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The story about our research posted at
"Hutchinson awarded $1.5 million to build robot bats"

by Daniel Dexter
October 8, 2014

Prof. Soon-Jo Chung
Prof. Seth Hutchinson

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World's most advanced bat robot/ornithopter drone - now with membrane wings

Published on Jan 1, 2016

A microprocessor-based onboard computer, a 6 DOF IMU sensor package, five DC motors with encoder feedback for flapping and wing articulation (asymmetric wing folding and leg/tail control), power/comm electronics, carbon-fiber frame, 3D printed parts, and silicone based membrane wings -- all at 92 grams.

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B2 (3D-Printed Bat Robot) Closed-Loop Flight Control Update (2016 IEEE ICRA)

Published on Mar 24, 2016

A microprocessor-based onboard computer, a 6 DOF IMU sensor package, five DC motors with encoder feedback for flapping and wing articulation (asymmetric wing folding and leg/tail control), power/comm electronics, carbon-fiber frame, 3D printed parts, and silicone based membrane wings -- all at 92 grams.

No motion capture system was used for indoor closed-loop control flight.

A. Ramezani, X. Shi, S.-J. Chung, and S. Hutchinson, “Bat Bot (B2), A Biologically Inspired Flying Machine,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.