An indoor flying platform with collision robustness and self-recovery

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3349-3354

  Klaptocz, Adam ^a   Boutinard Rouelle, Grégoire ^a   Briod, Adrien ^a   Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; FLYING PLATFORMS; FLYING ROBOTS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; SELF-RECOVERY; SHOCK ABSORPTION;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MACHINE DESIGN; RECOVERY; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955787906     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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