Mark Nail — accepted AI-conference papers

2023

Simplifying Aerial Manipulation Using Intentional Collisions

Mark Nail, Nick Jänne, Olivia Ma, Gabriel Arellano, Ella Atkins, R. Brent Gillespie

ICRA 2023poster

Aerial manipulation describes a process that includes physical interaction between an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and its environment. We aim to apply aerial manipulation to sample leaves and small branches from rain forest trees. Current approaches to aerial manipulation involve extended periods…

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2018

Unmanned Aerial Auger for Underground Sensor Installation

Yue Sun, Adam Plowcha, Mark Nail, Sebastian Elbaum, Benjamin Terry, Carrick Detweiler

IROS 2018poster

Using an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to autonomously deploy soil sensors enables their installation in otherwise hard to access locations. In this paper, we present a system that integrates a UAS and a digging mechanism which can carry, secure, and install a small sensor into dirt effectively and…

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