Cooperative Grasping and Transport using Quadrotors

Control of multiple quadrotor robots to cooperatively transport a payload. A gripping mechanism attached to each quadrotor permits grasping of the payload. Work done at GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania.

Here is a link to the paper: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~dmel/mellingerDARS10.pdf

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• quadrotor
• robot
• UAV
• Autonomous
• Helicopter
• GRASP
• UPenn
• quadrocopter

[fart1fart1]

the netting is to keep them caged in when they become self aware and try to escape.

[TheMonsterPatrol]

So this is how coconuts migrate from tropical to temperate zones...

[OfficialStalkr]

How do they communicate? Do they each communicate with each other? Or is there a "controller"

[MilosCsrb]

@LtMcMuffin87 manhack :D

[shrimants]

How are they managing such aggressive movements? Are they varying the speed of the engine to turn and whatnot or are they tilting the engine?

[bewaretheintertubes]

I get the feeling that, in the future, this is the sound of death.

[apayes]

I would totally hunt people's cats and lap dogs with this

[sgtGrif]

@380zeaiclies The ones used in this video are about 900 Euro, or $1300 USD...you can get AR drones which are controlled by iOS devices like iphones for about $300 usd

[380zeaiclies]

I want one How Much to buy one?

[YTNewbie1030]

AHH, MANHACKS!!!! RUN!!!

[MatsurikaXIII]

This looks like something Aperture would invent.

[callepro]

Hunter, killer