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 …

Autonomous aerial delivery vehicles, a survey of techniques on how aerial package delivery is achieved

J Saunders, S Saeedi, W Li - ar** and perching with dual elasticity combined suction cup
S Liu, W Dong, Z Ma, X Sheng - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To perch on or grasp the objective surface using the suction cup-based manipulator, the
precise contact control is commonly required. Improper contact angle or insufficient contact …

Design and integration of a drone based passive manipulator for capturing flying targets

BV Vidyadhara, LA Tony, MS Gadde, S Jana, VP Varun… - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we present a novel passive single degree-of-freedom (DoF) manipulator
design and its integration on an autonomous drone to capture a moving target. The end …

Hitchhiker: A quadrotor aggressively perching on a moving inclined surface using compliant suction cup gripper

S Liu, Z Wang, X Sheng, W Dong - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Perching on the surface of moving objects, like vehicles, could extend the flight time and
range of quadrotors. Suction cups are usually adopted for surface attachment due to their …

A perching and tilting aerial robot for precise and versatile power tool work on vertical walls

R Dautzenberg, T Küster, T Mathis… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drilling, grinding, and setting anchors on vertical walls are fundamental processes in
everyday construction work. Manually doing these works is error-prone, potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing Horizontal Controlled Force Delivery Capabilities of Aerial Manipulators by Leveraging the Environment

SM Orozco Soto, V Lippiello - Robotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Delivering large horizontal controlled forces for long periods with aerial manipulators is not
an easy task to accomplish; several factors including disturbances, reaction forces from the …

Spiral zipper manipulator for aerial gras** and manipulation

C Liu, A Bera, T Tsabedze, D Edgar… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel manipulator for aerial vehicles to perform gras** and
manipulation tasks. The goal is to design a low-cost, relatively light but strong manipulator …

Discrete element method simulator for joint dynamics: a case study using a red-tailed hawk's hallux digit

T Mollik, S Kennedy, MREU Shougat, XF Li… - Multibody System …, 2022 - Springer
A discrete element method simulator is developed, which models all of the components
(bones, tendons, and ligaments) as discrete elements. This simulator is then used to …