Zhi Ern Teoh
  • Projects
    • Harvard University: Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Robots
    • Harvard University: 2D to 3D by synchronized folding
    • Harvard University: 3 DOF spherical mechanism
    • Stanford University: Jumping Plane
    • Stanford University: Design, Construction, and Testing of Autonomous Aircraft
    • Data Storage Institute, Singapore: Autonomous Indoor Flying Vehicle
    • Cornell University: Passively Stable Flapping Machine
  • Publications

​Passively Stable Flapping Machine

Ornithopter - Cornell Computational Synthesis Lab

Inspired by insect and bird flight, I worked with Floris Van Breugel and Professor Hod Lipson to build a passively stable flapping machine. I co-authored a chapter in "Flying Insects and Robots" documenting the work done.  The chapter can be found in the publications tab.

Senior Design Project - A 10g flapper?

After that successful flight, I decided to simplify the design by reducing the number of motors from 4 to 1. The biggest challenge was to convert rotary motion to linear motion. The report can be found in the project reports tab on the left
The flapper did not fly. Nonetheless, I taught myself how to build small components and built jigs to make the small components. Project details can be found in the following report:
mae429_flapper_final_report.pdf
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  • Projects
    • Harvard University: Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Robots
    • Harvard University: 2D to 3D by synchronized folding
    • Harvard University: 3 DOF spherical mechanism
    • Stanford University: Jumping Plane
    • Stanford University: Design, Construction, and Testing of Autonomous Aircraft
    • Data Storage Institute, Singapore: Autonomous Indoor Flying Vehicle
    • Cornell University: Passively Stable Flapping Machine
  • Publications