Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators
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In this article, the evolution and current trends in aerial robotic manipulation, comprising helicopters, conventional underactuated multirotors, and multidirectional thrust platforms equipped with a wide variety of robotic manipulators capable of physically interacting with the environment, are analyzed.Abstract:
This article analyzes the evolution and current trends in aerial robotic manipulation, comprising helicopters, conventional underactuated multirotors, and multidirectional thrust platforms equipped with a wide variety of robotic manipulators capable of physically interacting with the environment. It also covers cooperative aerial manipulation and interconnected actuated multibody designs. The review is completed with developments in teleoperation, perception, and planning. Finally, a new generation of aerial robotic manipulators is presented with our vision of the future.read more
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Cooperative Load Transportation With Two Quadrotors Using Adaptive Control
TL;DR: In this paper, the problem of carrying a bar-shaped payload suspended by flexible cables attached to two quadrotors is analyzed, whose kinematics are described as a multi-robot formation using the virtual structure approach.
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Dynamic End Effector Tracking With an Omnidirectional Parallel Aerial Manipulator
TL;DR: In this paper, an aerial manipulation platform consisting of a parallel 3-DOF manipulator mounted to an omnidirectional tilt-rotor aerial vehicle is presented, where the manipulator is coupled to the base pose controller with a dynamic compensation term.
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Experimental Evaluation of Aerial Manipulation Robot for the Installation of Clip Type Bird Diverters: Outdoor Flight Tests
Alejandro Suarez,Honorio Romero,Rafael Salmoral,Jose Alberto Acosta,Jesus Zambrano,Anibal Ollero +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an aerial manipulation robot is used to install clip-type bird flight diversters on power lines, consisting of a multi-rotor platform equipped with a high force linear actuator and a clamp mechanism that holds the device until it is exerted on the cable.
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Aerial Device Delivery for Power Line Inspection and Maintenance
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed the use of aerial manipulation robots for fast and safe delivery in flight of devices and tools, and analyzed the aerodynamic downwash effect of two multirotors flying vertically at distances determined by the long reach link through Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation.
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Precise Cable-Suspended Pick-and-Place with an Aerial Multi-robot System
TL;DR: The G-Fly-Crane as mentioned in this paper is a proof-of-concept aerial multi-robot system designed to demonstrate the advantage of using multiple aerial robots as a valuable tool for novel construction techniques, not requiring the use of heavy engines and costly infrastructures.
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