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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2023
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Josiah David Hester, Evanston, IL (US);
Rishabh Goel, Evanston, IL (US);
Vp Nguyen, Arlington, TX (US);
Tien Pham, Arlington, TX (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Unmanned aerial vehicles are provided. In one aspect, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a four-bar linkage mechanism in mechanical communication with a pair of wings. An electrical subsystem includes an actuator in mechanical communication with the four-bar-linkage mechanism. The actuator is in electrical communication with a capacitor. A plurality of solar panels is in electrical communication with the capacitor, which is configured to harvest non-battery energy from the plurality of solar panels to power the actuator for controlling the four-bar linkage mechanism to operate the pair of wings.
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