Autonomous aerial robotics for package delivery: A technical review

J Saunders, S Saeedi, W Li - Journal of Field Robotics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant interest in the last decade.
More specifically these vehicles have the capacity to impact package delivery logistics in a …

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 …

Large-scale automated additive construction: overview, robotic solutions, sustainability, and future prospect

MR Khosravani, A Haghighi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing has drawn significant attention in both academia and industry due to
its capabilities and promising potential in various sectors. However, the adoption of this …

A truly-redundant aerial manipulator system with application to push-and-slide inspection in industrial plants

M Tognon, HAT Chávez, E Gasparin… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design, motion planning, and control of an aerial manipulator for non-trivial
physical interaction tasks, such as pushing while sliding on curved surfaces-a task which is …

Active interaction force control for contact-based inspection with a fully actuated aerial vehicle

K Bodie, M Brunner, M Pantic, S Walser… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents and validates active interaction force control and planning for fully
actuated and omnidirectional aerial manipulation platforms, with the goal of aerial contact …

An omnidirectional aerial manipulation platform for contact-based inspection

K Bodie, M Brunner, M Pantic, S Walser… - ar** with a" soft" drone: From theory to practice
J Fishman, S Ubellacker, N Hughes… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rigid grippers used in existing aerial manipulators require precise positioning to achieve
successful grasps and transmit large contact forces that may destabilize the drone. This …

Survey on aerial manipulator: System, modeling, and control

X Meng, Y He, J Han - Robotica, 2020 - cambridge.org
The aerial manipulator is a special and new type of flying robot composed of a rotorcraft
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a/several manipulator/s. It has gained a lot of attention …

Collecting critically endangered cliff plants using a drone-based sampling manipulator

H La Vigne, G Charron, J Rachiele-Tremblay… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Kauaʻi, an island within the Hawaiʻi archipelago, is home of a unique flora that contains
250 single-island endemic plant species. Threats have led to a significant population …

Design and optimal control of a tiltrotor micro-aerial vehicle for efficient omnidirectional flight

M Allenspach, K Bodie, M Brunner… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Omnidirectional micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) are a growing field of research, with
demonstrated advantages for aerial interaction and uninhibited observation. While systems …