Jiayan Zhao

AirCrab: A Hybrid Aerial-Ground Manipulator with An Active Wheel

Inspired by the behavior of birds, we present AirCrab, a hybrid aerial ground manipulator (HAGM) with a single active wheel and a 3-degree of freedom (3-DoF) manipulator. AirCrab leverages a single point of contact with the ground to reduce position drift and improve manipulation accuracy. The singl…