Realization of takeoff of a bird type flying robot by jump

In this research, we realize takeoff of a bird type flying robot by jump. First jumping mechanism in this research was developed based on the jumping mechanism developed in the previous research. First jumping mechanism was developed using coupled torsion springs. We performed a flight experiment with CYBIRD-P1, which is commercially available as a flying robot, equipped with first jumping mechanism. However, it failed. Therefore, we developed second jumping mechanism by considering the initial velocity that CYBIRD-P1 was manually made to fly off. We performed a flight experiment with CYBIRD-P1 equipped with second jumping mechanism. Second jumping mechanism succeeded to takeoff by jump.