6 accepted papers
This study presents a novel hydrofoil-based propulsion system for water surface-operating robots, inspired by the paddling locomotion of aquatic species. Several hydrofoil designs were developed and evaluated using a custom Hydroflapper setup to assess their hydrodynamic performance. The proposed fr
Aerial robots show significant potential for forest canopy research and environmental monitoring by providing data collection capabilities at high spatial and temporal resolutions. However, limited flight endurance hinders their application. Inspired by natural perching behaviours, we propose a mult…
Flapping-wing MAVs are starting to emulate the advanced flight maneuverability of insects and birds, however they struggle to achieve a similar aptitude for taking off and landing in challenging cluttered environments. The ability to perch on objects such as branches or metal struts would result in
Aerial-aquatic robots possess the unique ability of operating in both air and water. However, this capability comes with tremendous challenges, such as communication incompatibility, increased airborne mass, potentially inefficient operation in each of the environments and manufacturing difficulties
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been shown to be useful for the installation of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). More notably, the accurate placement of sensor nodes using UAVs, opens opportunities for many industrial and scientific uses, in particular, in hazardous environments or inaccessible
Despite an intensive research on flapping flight and flapping wing MAVs in recent years, there are still no accurate models of flapping flight dynamics. This is partly due to lack of free flight data, in particular during manoeuvres. In this work, we present, for the first time, a comparison of free…