Design Iterations for Passive Aerial Manipulator
B. V. Vidyadhara, Lima Agnel Tony, Mohitvishnu S. Gadde, Shuvrangshu Jana, V. P. Varun, Aashay Anil Bhise, Suresh Sundaram, Debasish Ghose · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2021
Grabbing a manoeuvring target using drones is a challenging problem. This paper presents the design, development, and prototyping of a novel aerial manipulator for target interception. It is a single Degree of Freedom (DoF) manipulator with passive basket-type end-effector. The proposed design is energy efficient, light weight and suitable for aerial grabbing applications. The detailed design of the proposed manipulation mechanism and a novel in-flight extending propeller guard, is reported in this paper.