David Rancourt — accepted AI-conference papers

2022

Experimental Performance Comparison of Bidirectional Actuator Configurations for Suspended Aerial Platforms

Julien Rachiele-Tremblay, Hughes La Vigne, Guillaume Charron, David Rancourt, Alexis Lussier Desbiens

RA-L 2022

Suspended payload requires bidirectional thrust actuation to control their motion. Such systems, like the small suspended aerial cliff sampling system considered in this letter, require strong bidirectional actuators capable of fine positioning and fast disturbance rejection to fight wind gusts. Thi

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2020

Active Vertical Takeoff of an Aquatic UAV

Étienne Tétreault, David Rancourt, Alexis Lussier Desbiens

RA-L 2020

To extend the mission duration of smaller unmanned aerial vehicles, this letter presents a solar recharge approach that uses lakes as landing, charging, and standby areas. The Sherbrooke University Water-Air VEhicle (SUWAVE) is a small aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing on water. A sec

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2019

Fast and Efficient Aerial Climbing of Vertical Surfaces Using Fixed-Wing UAVs

Dino Mehanovic, David Rancourt, Alexis Lussier Desbiens

RA-L 2019

We present improvements to Sherbrooke's multimodal autonomous drone (S-MAD), a microspine-based perching fixed-wing UAV that enables thrust-assisted climbing along vertical surfaces. Aircraft models are used to predict the performance of various aerial climb regimes and to design a controller for wa

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