The camber deformation and twisting has been demonstrated quantitatively in a number of insect, but making the artificial wing that mimic those features of insect wing is a challenge. Even though the researchers have successfully developed the flapping wing Micro Air Vehicles (MAV), there is lack of literature in mimicking the important features of the insect wing. In this work, we present the development and characterization of an artificial wing that can reproduce camber and twisting deformation. The flapping wing mechanism was developed to measure the aerodymics forces of real scale insect wing. Multidisciplinary experiments were conducted to provide an insight into the aerodynamic forces and wing deformation as well as the effect of wing flexibility experienced by the flexile wing. It is shown that the present artificial wing is able to mimic the two important features of the insect wing, twisting and camber generation. The present results can be used in the efficient wing design for the flapping wing MAV.
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