The advent of the linear motor "Machine Fly" is a big leap in robotics. The first wireless flying machine insect wing flew off! For the first time, American scientists let the "RoboFly" developed independently flutter and fly, which may be only a small vibration of the micro-robot, but it is a big leap in the entire robot field.

     The "Machine Fly" was developed by the University of Washington research team and weighs as much as a toothpick. The team stated that existing flying machine insects still require a wire to be connected to the ground because the electronics needed to drive and control the wings are too heavy for these micromachines to carry. The "flying robot" is driven by a laser and comes with a "brain."
     The researchers explained that the biggest challenge facing the development of insect-sized flying machines comes from flapping wings. Flapping wings is a very power-consuming process. The controllers for the power supply and wings are large and cumbersome. Small machines cannot carry them. So the team's previously developed RoboBee must be connected to its power supply and controller via ground wires.
     But flying robots should be able to operate autonomously, so they decided to use a thin, invisible laser to power robots. They aimed the laser beam at a photovoltaic cell at the top of the "flying robot" that converts the laser into electricity. But the laser alone did not provide enough voltage to move the wings. For that reason, they designed a circuit that would raise the 7 volts output from the photovoltaic cell to 240 volts for flight.
     In order to allow the "flying moth" to control its own wings, the researchers also gave it a "brain": a microcontroller was added to the same circuit. Microcontrollers act like the brains of the "Machine Fly" and send commands such as "Clock up now" or "Don't shoot" to the wings.
     The linear motor Xiaobian also saw robots that acted like humans some time ago. Now that they have learned about the “flying robots,” the people who are now developing science and technology are overwhelmed.
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