Amir Melzer — accepted AI-conference papers

2016

ANYmal - a highly mobile and dynamic quadrupedal robot

Marco Hutter, Christian Gehring, Dominic Jud, Andreas Lauber, C. Dario Bellicoso, Vassilios Tsounis +8

IROS 2016poster

This paper introduces ANYmal, a quadrupedal robot that features outstanding mobility and dynamic motion capability. Thanks to novel, compliant joint modules with integrated electronics, the 30 kg, 0.5 m tall robotic dog is torque controllable and very robust against impulsive loads during running or…

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2016

Robust map generation for fixed-wing UAVs with low-cost highly-oblique monocular cameras

Timo Hinzmann, Thomas Schneider, Marcin Dymczyk, Amir Melzer, Thomas Mantel, Roland Siegwart +1

IROS 2016poster

Accurate and robust real-time map generation onboard of a fixed-wing UAV is essential for obstacle avoidance, path planning, and critical maneuvers such as autonomous take-off and landing. Due to the computational constraints, the required robustness and reliability, it remains a challenge to deploy…

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2015

A solar-powered hand-launchable UAV for low-altitude multi-day continuous flight

Philipp Oettershagen, Amir Melzer, Thomas Mantel, Konrad Rudin, Rainer Lotz, Dieter Siebenmann +3

ICRA 2015poster

This paper presents the conceptual design, detailed development and flight testing of AtlantikSolar, a 5.6m-wingspan solar-powered Low-Altitude Long-Endurance (LALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed and built at ETH Zurich. The UAV is required to provide perpetual endurance at a geographic lat…

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