During the last decades, the ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) received much attention because of its potential capabilities,\nsuch as large displacement and flexible bending actuation. In this paper, a biomimetic flapping air vehicle was proposed by\ncombining the superiority of ionic polymer metal composite with the bionic beetle flapping principle. The blocking force was\ncompared between casted IPMC and IPMC. The flapping state of the wing was investigated and the maximum displacement\nand flapping angle were measured. The flapping displacement under different voltage and frequency was tested. The flapping\ndisplacement of the wing and the support reaction force were measured under different frequency by experiments. The\nexperimental results indicate that the high voltage and low frequency would get large flapping displacement.
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