Abstract
Flapping Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (FWUAVs) are a class of bio-inspired UAVs, or robotic birds, and they are based on the flight principles of birds and insects, such that the lift and thrust forces are mainly generated by the motion of their wings. Many current FWUAVs have a short flight duration due to the typical limited onboard energy. However, the use of an energy harvesting syst…