5 accepted papers
This paper explores the design strategies for hybrid pole- or trunk-climbing robots, focusing on methods to inform design decisions and assess metrics such as adaptability and performance. A wheeled-grasping hybrid robot with modular, tendon-driven grasping arms and a wheeled drive system mounted on
Stop-rotor aircraft are a class of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that offer improved efficiency across flight modes through the usage of a single central lifting surface. In VTOL, the central lifting surface rotates like a helicopter blade to achieve an upward force. In forward flight,
This paper presents a novel actuator system combining a twisted string actuator (TSA) with a winch mechanism. Relative to traditional hydraulic and pneumatic systems in robotics, TSAs are compact and lightweight but face limitations in stroke length and force-transmission ratios. Our integrated TSA-
Reversible morphing wings, capable of exchanging the direction of the leading and trailing edge, improve the feasibility of stopped-rotor aerial vehicles and thereby expand aerial robotics capabilities. Despite the potential benefits of reversible morphing wings, few designs exist and most do not co
The successful control of robotic manipulators mounted on flexible bases such as suspended mobile robots requires more sophisticated controllers than those employed for fixed-based manipulators. Solutions proposed in the literature often require expert knowledge to tune control parameters or lack st