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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"aerial manipulation"”.
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Soft Aerial Manipulation
… fully exploits the advantages of softness in aerial manipulation. Manipulation and grasping with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) currently require accurate positioning and are often executed at reduced speed to ensure successful grasps. This is because modern aerial manipulation platforms …
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Aerial manipulation for indoor applications
… presents the design and control of a small aerial manipulator operating in indoor environments. The critical challenges of functioning effectively in such environments are (i) maximizing workspace in constrained spaces like narrow corridors or tight corners, and (ii) achieving stable flight …
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Design and control of a compact aerial manipulation system with a Delta-type parallel robot
This thesis presents the design, modeling, and control of a quadcopter equipped with a Delta-type parallel manipulator. Such systems present demanding challenges in both control theory and task planning, which are addressed with novel mechanical features, modern flight controllers, and optimal …
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Aggressive Aerial Grasping using a Soft Drone with Onboard Perception
… to the stunning feats observed in birds of prey, aerial manipulation and grasping with flying robots still lack versatility and agility. Conventional approaches using rigid manipulators require precise positioning and are subject to large reaction forces at grasp, which limit performance at high …
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Unmanned Aerial Manipulators in Construction - Opportunities and Challenges
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have now been accepted as an alternative medium to human workers for data collection processes in various industries. The capabilities of UAVs are now being extended from passive tasks of data collection to active tasks of interacting with the environment by …
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Human-robot interaction for telemanipulation by small unmanned aerial systems
… Specialist role in a telemanipulating unmanned aerial system (UAS). The emergence of commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms transformed the civil and environmental engineering industries through applications such as surveying, remote infrastructure inspection, and construction …