Grasping from the air: Hovering capture and load stability

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2491-2498

  Pounds, Paul E I ^a   Bersak, Daniel R ^a   Dollar, Aaron M ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONTROL; FLIGHT CONTROLLERS; GRASPED OBJECT; GRASPING OBJECTS; LOAD DISTURBANCES; LOAD MASS; LOAD STABILITY; MANIPULATION TASK; PARTIAL CONTACT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; UNSTABLE DYNAMICS;

DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FREE FLIGHT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84867310654     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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