5 accepted papers
This letter presents a simple, low-cost teleoperation system. The leader device is a handheld camera integrated with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), making it feasible to use a modern smartphone for this purpose. Existing leader devices require hardware and sensors to measure both the user inter
Aerial Manipulators with Elastic Suspension (AMES) may be seen as a hybrid robot mixing properties of classical Aerial Manipulators (AMs) and Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs). The optimal design and control of an AMES using unidirectional thrusters are considered in this paper. To maximize the w…
Since omnidirectional aerial vehicles can generate a six degrees of freedom wrench, they could be used for dexterous manipulation tasks without the need for an additional robotic arm. However, they suffer from a reduced efficiency and dynamics range due to the huge amount of energy lost in gravity c…
Aerial manipulation increases significantly the workspace size of robotic manipulators. However, aerial manipulation suffers from a lack of autonomy due to limited embedded energy. The Aerial Manipulator with Elastic Suspension (AMES) is designed to cope with this issue. It is an omnidirectional aer…
Aerial manipulators may replace industrial manipulators for specific tasks involving large workspaces and high dynamics. However, these robots suffer from a lack of accuracy, autonomy, payload capability and a complex regulatory environment. To overcome some of these limitations, we introduce a nove