Soft Aerial Manipulation

This thesis explores the theory and implementation of a soft drone, consisting of a quadrotor and a tendon-actuated soft gripper, which for the first time fully exploits the advantages of softness in aerial manipulation. Manipulation and grasping with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) currently requir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishman, Joshua
Other Authors: Carlone, Luca
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139522