Mobile manipulator for autonomous localization, gras** and precise placement of construction material in a semi-structured environment

P Štibinger, G Broughton, F Majer… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile manipulators have the potential to revolutionize modern agriculture, logistics and
manufacturing. In this work, we present the design of a ground-based mobile manipulator for …

MRS modular UAV hardware platforms for supporting research in real-world outdoor and indoor environments

D Hert, T Baca, P Petracek, V Kratky… - 2022 International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a family of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) platforms
designed for a diverse range of indoor and outdoor applications. The proposed UAV design …

Robotic motion planning for autonomous in-situ construction of building structures

C Zhao, JY Chen, T Sun, W Fan, XY Sun, Y Shao… - Automation in …, 2025 - Elsevier
The in-situ construction of building structures with autonomous robotic systems holds great
promise for addressing labor shortages and increasing people's quality of living. Motion …

[HTML][HTML] Towards autonomous bridge inspection: Sensor mounting using aerial manipulators

A Ivanovic, L Markovic, M Car, I Duvnjak, M Orsag - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The main idea of this paper was to deploy a team of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) to attach a sensor to a bridge using a two-component adhesive in order to …

Dynamic event-triggered neuroadaptive fault-tolerant control of quadrotor UAV with a novel cosine kernel

N Sarkar, AK Deb - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The fault-tolerant control (FTC) for trajectory tracking of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) has attracted researchers. The non-linear model of the UAV, coupled with model …

Metaheuristic planner for cooperative multi-agent wall construction with UAVs

B Elkhapery, R Pěnička, M Němec, M Siddiqui - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a wall construction planner for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs),
which uses a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristic to …

Gaussian process regression-augmented nonlinear model predictive control for quadrotor object gras**

W Luo, H Eschmann, P Eberhard - … International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gras** objects using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with an onboard
manipulator is far more flexible compared to ground mobile robots, since the UAV has a …

Optimization-Based Compliant Controller for Physical Human-Aerial Manipulator Interaction

D Chaikalis, A Tzes - 2024 International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of aerial manipulators in mixed human-robot environments, necessitates the
capacity for safe interactions between them. This work is concerned with enabling human …

Autonomous collaborative transport of a beam-type payload by a pair of multi-rotor helicopters

J Horyna, T Baca, M Saska - 2021 International Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaborative payload carrying by multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is
presented in this paper. We propose a unique control strategy for a pair of UAVs operating …

Exploratory research towards automated masonry construction using UAVs

B Elkhapery, EP Small - IOP Conference Series: Materials …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are pervasive in modern
society for both recreational and business purposes. Construction sites routinely employ …