Wingfappingandmorphingcanbeverybenefcialtomanagingtheweightofmicroairvehiclesthroughcouplingtheaerodynamicforceswithstabilityandcontrol.Inthisletter,harvestingenergyfromthewingmorphingisstudiedtopowercameras,sensors,orcommunicationdevicesofmicroairvehiclesandtoaidinthemanagementoftheirpower.Theaerodynamicloadsonfappingwingsaresimulatedusingathree-dimensionalunsteadyvortexlatticemethod.Activewingshapemorphingisconsideredtoenhancetheperformanceofthefappingmotion.Agradient-basedoptimizationalgorithmisusedtopinpointtheoptimalkinematicsmaximizingthepropellentefciency.Tobeneftfromthewingdeformation,weplacepiezoelectriclayersnearthewingroots.Gausslawisusedtoestimatetheelectricalharvestedpower.Wedemonstratethatenoughpowercanbegeneratedtooperateacamera.Numericalanalysisshowsthefeasibilityofexploitingwingmorphingtoharvestenergyandimprovingthedesignandperformanceofmicroairvehicles.
