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View article: A Tactile Feedback Approach to Path Recovery After High-Speed Impacts for Collision-Resilient Drones
A Tactile Feedback Approach to Path Recovery After High-Speed Impacts for Collision-Resilient Drones Open
Aerial robots are a well-established solution for exploration, monitoring, and inspection, thanks to their superior maneuverability and agility. However, in many environments, they risk crashing and sustaining damage after collisions. Trad…
View article: Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age
Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age Open
With biodiversity loss escalating globally, a step change is needed in our capacity to accurately monitor species populations across ecosystems. Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) offer technological solutions that may substantially adva…
View article: A Tactile Feedback Approach to Path Recovery after High-Speed Impacts for Collision-Resilient Drones
A Tactile Feedback Approach to Path Recovery after High-Speed Impacts for Collision-Resilient Drones Open
Aerial robots are a well-established solution for exploration, monitoring, and inspection, thanks to their superior maneuverability and agility. However, in many environments, they risk crashing and sustaining damage after collisions. Trad…
View article: A Centralised Control Approach to Compliant Aerial Manipulation on Overhangs
A Centralised Control Approach to Compliant Aerial Manipulation on Overhangs Open
Aerial physical interaction opens the door for many operations at height to be automated using flying robots. This research presents a novel manipulator design mounted on a traditional quadrotor, which employs both mechanical and software …
View article: Multimodal Locomotion: Next Generation Aerial–Terrestrial Mobile Robotics
Multimodal Locomotion: Next Generation Aerial–Terrestrial Mobile Robotics Open
Mobile robots have revolutionized the public and private sectors for transportation, exploration, and search and rescue. Efficient energy consumption and robust environmental interaction needed for complex tasks can be achieved in aerial–t…
View article: Embodied airflow sensing for improved in-gust flight of flapping wing MAVs
Embodied airflow sensing for improved in-gust flight of flapping wing MAVs Open
Flapping wing micro aerial vehicles (FWMAVs) are known for their flight agility and maneuverability. These bio-inspired and lightweight flying robots still present limitations in their ability to fly in direct wind and gusts, as their stab…
View article: Automated Aerial Screwing with a Fully Actuated Aerial Manipulator
Automated Aerial Screwing with a Fully Actuated Aerial Manipulator Open
The tasks that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have taken upon have progressively grown in complexity over the years, alongside with the level of autonomy with which they are carried out. In this work, we present an exampleof aerial screwi…
View article: Design, modeling, and control of an aerial manipulator for placement and retrieval of sensors in the environment
Design, modeling, and control of an aerial manipulator for placement and retrieval of sensors in the environment Open
On‐site inspection of large‐scale infrastructure often involves high risks for the operators and high insurance costs. Despite several safety measures already in place to avoid accidents, an increasing concern has brought the need to remot…
View article: Sensor Installation and Retrieval Operations Using an Unmanned Aerial Manipulator
Sensor Installation and Retrieval Operations Using an Unmanned Aerial Manipulator Open
A wide range of applications for which unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are ideally suited rely on the development of manipulators capable of exchanging forces with the environment. One such application is the installation and retrieval of …
View article: An Adaptive-Compliance Manipulator for Contact-Based Aerial Applications
An Adaptive-Compliance Manipulator for Contact-Based Aerial Applications Open
This paper presents simulation and airborne test results for a quadrotor equipped with an actively-variable compliance manipulator for contact interaction. Typical applications of this type of manipulator might include sensor placement ope…
View article: Compliant Aerial Manipulators: Developing The New Generation Of Aerial Robotic Workers
Compliant Aerial Manipulators: Developing The New Generation Of Aerial Robotic Workers Open
This video demonstrates the results found in the research of a new topic in aerial manipulation. We attempt to successfully collide on the environment with the UAV without crashing. This can be useful to robustly establish contact with the…
View article: Towards An Adaptive Compliant Aerial Manipulator for Contact-Based Interaction
Towards An Adaptive Compliant Aerial Manipulator for Contact-Based Interaction Open
As roles for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) continue to diversify, the ability to sense and interact closely with the environment becomes increasingly important. Within this paper we report on the initial flight tests of a novel adaptive c…
View article: Compliant Aerial Manipulators: Toward a New Generation of Aerial Robotic Workers
Compliant Aerial Manipulators: Toward a New Generation of Aerial Robotic Workers Open
This letter focuses on the problem of handling impacts by means of an aerial manipulator and proposes a solution that combines the control of the aerial manipulator's end-effector position with an innovative design approach of aerial manip…