The Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
RI Seminar: Mark R. Cutkosky
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April 2010 - Length: 50:00 Hybrid aerial/scansorial robotics is a new development that builds upon previous work in unmanned air vehicles and climbing robots, and seeks to emulate the capabilities of bats, insects and certain birds that combine powered flight with the ability to land and perch on sloped and vertical surfaces. As it approaches a wall, the plane executes an intentional pitch-up maneuver to shed speed and present its feet for landing. On contact, a nonlinear suspension dissipates the remaining kinetic energy and directs interaction forces toward the feet, to engage small asperities on surfaces such as brick or concrete. The presentation will cover the dynamic modeling, suspension design and control used to achieve vertical landing and attachment for a wide range of initial conditions, and the strategies used to disengage and take off again. Additional details >> |
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