Hongsheng Ren

A Compact Reconfigurable Terrestrial-Aerial Robot With Foldable Mechanisms for Rolling, Crawling, and Flying

A compact reconfigurable terrestrial-aerial robot that is capable of executing seamless transitions between three motion modes—rolling, crawling, and flying—via foldable mechanisms is presented in this letter. The rolling and crawling modes are facilitated by two passive gear-driven, foldable wheel-