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Self-excited actuation enables adaptive and resilient flapping-wing flight

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 16, 2026 · UTC

The muscles that power insect flight fall into one of two categories: 1) synchronous muscles that contract under direct control from the nervous system, and 2) asynchronous muscles which have an intrinsic stretch activation response that spontaneously generates wingbeats without the need for signaling from the brain. It is thought that the emergent nature of asynchronous wingbeats provides both adaptive and responsive capabilities for flight control. To date, most flying robots use synchronous actuation. In this paper we develop the first flight-capable flapping wing robot that uses asynchrono

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