A comprehensive review on reconfigurable drones: Classification, characteristics, design and control technologies

SH Derrouaoui, Y Bouzid, M Guiatni, I Dib - Unmanned Systems, 2022 - World Scientific
Recently, reconfigurable drones have gained particular attention in the field of automation
and flying robots. Unlike the conventional drones, they are characterized by a variable …

A deployable articulated mechanism enabled in-flight morphing aerial gripper

N Zhao, Y Luo, G Wang, Y Shen - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022 - Elsevier
To further increase the adaptability and versatility of aerial vehicles, this paper presents a
novel deployable quad-rotor enabled aerial gripper without integrating extra manipulators …

Versatile multilinked aerial robot with tilted propellers: Design, modeling, control, and state estimation for autonomous flight and manipulation

M Zhao, T Anzai, F Shi, T Maki, T Nishio… - Journal of Field …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A multilinked structure can benefit aerial robots in terms of both maneuvering and
manipulation owing to its ability of aerial transformation. A coplanar multilinked model was …

Using First-Person View Drones through Head-Mounted Displays: Are They Suitable for Education?

T Sivenas, G Koutromanos… - 2022 8th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study examined in-service teachers' perceptions regarding spatial presence, simulator
sickness and usability of First-Person view drones through Head-Mounted Displays in order …

Toward a Novel Generic Model of a Transformable Multi-link Multirotor

A Daadi, Y Bouzid, O Araar… - 2024 2nd …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones have evolved and developed across various domains to perform many tasks.
Recently, this evolution has been driven not only by the development of new controllers but …

[LIBRO][B] Model Predictive Control for Robots with Unilateral Actuation

C Song - 2021 - search.proquest.com
In traditional manipulators, the actuation is provided by the motors located at joints (active-
joint actuation). With this type of actuation, the manipulator is fully actuated with bilaterally …