Dragonfly Wing Design Pioneers the Future Development of the Micro Wind Turbine

摘要

In 2005 Professor Akira Obata of Nippon Bunri University, who majored in aeronautics, encountered some interesting research on dragonflies. Subsequently, he got involved with a five-year research project titled "Research and Development of an Insect-Type Micro Flying Robot" subsidized by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. During this time he worked on developing a flying robot that employed the principles of the dragonfly's mechanisms of flight.