How can a flying robot perch onto a tilted surface? Usually, precise control is needed to align the drone's orientation with the surface, but our design itself can compensate for the misalignment. Just fly toward the surface, and it perches.
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@YuXiang_IRVL No problem! I think you can just replace the default gripper with LEAP hands.
We recently purchased one YAM from i2rt: it seems a high-quality arm.
We developed a tunable perching mechanism for aerial robots using a bistable mechanism + Shape Memory Alloy actuators. It enables fast, robust perching on smooth, tilted surfaces—no precise orientation control needed.
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This aerial robot lands and attaches to surfaces using a tunable perching mechanism.
This design adapts to varying contact speeds and misalignments, expanding applications in environmental monitoring and infrastructure inspection.
Find out more: https://t.co/C6h4Tox5DC
Multiple TT positions in engineering using artificial intelligence. Come work at #CSU in a great city and with awesome colleagues! Colorado State University | Engineering with Artificial Intelligence Assistant/Associate Professor - All Fields https://t.co/BayKis0DhN
Have you ever played with a slap bracelet? From a straight shape, it quickly curls around your wrist.
Using this concept, we've developed bistable grippers that automatically close upon contact. Check it out here: https://t.co/NjyQxef4qB
Excited to announce our results on shape-morphing robots, published in @NatureComms: https://t.co/SaBoUGo1ZT
Special gratitude to my exceptional students: @JiefengS, soon-to-be Assistant Professor at ASU, and E. Lerner, B. Tighe, and C. Middlemist.
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