Past, present, and future of aerial robotic manipulators

A Ollero, M Tognon, A Suarez, D Lee… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article analyzes the evolution and current trends in aerial robotic manipulation,
comprising helicopters, conventional underactuated multirotors, and multidirectional thrust …

Aerial manipulation using multirotor UAV: a review from the aspect of operating space and force

R Ladig, H Paul, R Miyazaki… - Journal of Robotics and …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Aerial manipulation: physical interaction with the environment by using a robotic manipulator
attached to the airframe of an aerial robot. In the future one can expect that aerial …

A Review of Real-Time Implementable Cooperative Aerial Manipulation Systems

SC Barakou, CS Tzafestas, KP Valavanis - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review paper focuses on quadrotor-and multirotor-based cooperative aerial
manipulation. Emphasis is first given to comparing and evaluating prototype systems that …

Estimating model uncertainty of neural networks in sparse information form

J Lee, M Humt, J Feng… - … Conference on Machine …, 2020 - proceedings.mlr.press
We present a sparse representation of model uncertainty for Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)
where the parameter posterior is approximated with an inverse formulation of the …

Nonlinear model predictive control for cooperative transportation and manipulation of cable suspended payloads with multiple quadrotors

G Li, G Loianno - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) such as quadrotors equipped with manipulation
mechanisms have the potential to assist humans in tasks such as construction and package …

Human-aware physical human-robot collaborative transportation and manipulation with multiple aerial robots

G Li, X Liu, G Loianno - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human–robot interaction will play an essential role in various industries and daily tasks,
enabling robots to effectively collaborate with humans and reduce physical workload. Most …

Visual-impedance-based human–robot cotransportation with a tethered aerial vehicle

M Xu, A Hu, H Wang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physical human–robot interaction in the field of aerial vehicles has received more research
attention in recent years. In this article, a visual impedance control strategy for human–aerial …

Trust your robots! predictive uncertainty estimation of neural networks with sparse gaussian processes

J Lee, J Feng, M Humt, MG Müller… - Conference on Robot …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
This paper presents a probabilistic framework to obtain both reliable and fast uncertainty
estimates for predictions with Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). Our main contribution is a …

Method for generating real-time interactive virtual fixture for shared teleoperation in unknown environments

V Pruks, JH Ryu - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A virtual fixture (VF) is a constraint built into software that assists a human operator in
moving a remote tool along a preferred path via an augmented guidance force to improve …

Human-state-aware controller for a tethered aerial robot guiding a human by physical interaction

M Allenspach, Y Vyas, M Rubio… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of Aerial Physical Interaction, the possibility to have aerial robots
physically interacting with humans is attracting a growing interest. In one of our previous …