2017
Wall contact by octo-rotor UAV with one DoF manipulator for bridge inspection
Takahiro Ikeda, Shogo Yasui, Motoharu Fujihara, Kenichi Ohara, Satoshi Ashizawa, Akihiko Ichikawa +3
IROS 2017poster
This paper describes a octo-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with one degree of freedom (DoF) manipulator for bridge inspection. The UAV has an ability to contact bridge pier to conduct hammering test. To control contact force applied by the UAV to the bridge pier, one DoF is enough for the manip…