Semi-autonomous flying robot for physical interaction with environment

2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 441-446

  Albers, Albert ^a   Trautmann, Simon ^a   Howard, Thomas ^a   Nguyen, Trong Anh ^a   Frietsch, Markus ^a   Sauter, Christian ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleaning tasks; Flying robot; Helicopter; Physical interaction; Quadrotor; UAV

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS FLYING ROBOTS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; DISTANCE SENSORS; FLIGHT STABILITY; FLIGHT TEST; FLYING ROBOTS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; MAINTENANCE TASKS; NEW APPROACHES; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUADROTORS; UAV;

CLEANING; HELICOPTERS; MECHATRONICS; RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 77955680071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMECH.2010.5513152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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