An avian-inspired passive mechanism for quadrotor perching

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 506-517

  Doyle, Courtney E ^a   Bird, Justin J ^a   Isom, Taylor A ^a   Kallman, Jason C ^a   Bareiss, Daman F ^a   Dunlop, David J ^a   King, Raymond J ^a   Abbott, Jake J ^a   Minor, Mark A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired; Grasp; Passive actuation; Perch andstare; Tendon; Underactuation

Indexed keywords

BIOINSPIRED; GRASP; PASSIVE ACTUATION; PERCH-ANDSTARE; UNDER-ACTUATION;

AIRCRAFT; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FORESTRY; HELICOPTER ROTORS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

TENDONS;

AIR CRAFT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTERS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTS; ROTORS; STABILITY;

EID: 84889097530     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2211081     Document Type: Article

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