Autonomous catapult-assisted take-off, recycling, and reuse device and method of flapping-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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PATENT NO 11685547
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17693365

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An autonomous catapult-assisted take-off, recycling, and reuse device and method of a flapping-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The device includes a base, an attitude adjusting mechanism, a catapult mechanism, a recycling mechanism, a control processing unit, a power supply module, and a sensor unit, where the attitude adjusting mechanism includes a connector, a counterweight, an adjusting motor, an attitude adjusting input gear, an attitude adjusting output gear, an attitude adjusting output gear shaft, and an installation platform; the catapult mechanism includes a catapult motor, a catapult motor frame, a pulley, a pull rope, a winch, a pull rope fixing part, a flapping-wing aircraft fixing part, two slide bars, two compression springs, and a catapult gear set; and the recycling mechanism includes a recycling motor, a recycling mechanical arm, a recycling platform, two sprockets, and a recycling gear set.

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SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITYNO 2 FOUR ARCHWAY IN XUANWU DISTRICT NANJING JIANGSU NANJING CITY JIANGSU PROVINCE 210000

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Huang, Fanzhang Nanjing, CN 1 0
Song, Aiguo Nanjing, CN 52 24
Zhang, Jun Nanjing, CN 1152 7034
Zhang, Maozeng Nanjing, CN 1 0

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