FLAIR - Flexibility in Aerial Robots

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Ryll
• Subject Area: Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics
• Term: from 2015 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 277959283

Goal of this research proposal is to develop new approaches and algorithms to attack the unsolved issue of energy efficiency and consumption in aerial robots. Aerial robots are a novel kind of aerial vehicles endowed with manipulation and physical interaction capabilities. These aerial robot platforms, equipped with a robotic actuator, dramatically suffer from energy limitations and short flight time. We want to take advantage of the additional actuation degrees in order to reduce the consumed energy while increasing the maneuverability at the same time. Although this seems to be antagonistic we want to start from a biologically inspired approach to use the kinematics of the main rigid body and the end-effector in order to store kinetic energy and dynamically reuse it to reduce the energy consumption during rapid maneuvers.

• DFG Programme: Research Fellowships
• International Connection: France
• Host: Professor Dr. Antonio Franchi