A5052812938- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Robotic Locomotion and Control
- Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
- Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
- Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
- Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Design Education and Practice
- Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
- IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
- Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
- Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- UAV Applications and Optimization
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2013-2022
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
2013
Flying robots that can locomote efficiently in GPS‐denied cluttered environments have many applications, such as search and rescue scenarios. However, dealing with the high amount of obstacles inherent to is a major challenge for flying vehicles. Conventional platforms cannot afford collide obstacles, disturbance from impact may provoke crash ground, especially when friction forces generate torques affecting attitude platform. We propose concept resilient capable colliding into without...
Multicopters stand to revolutionize parcel delivery because of their capability operate in areas with unsuitable road infrastructure and precisely maneuver cluttered environments. However, current multicopters for can be dangerous people, are difficult store transport. Safety issues arise users exposed unshielded spinning propellers. Transportation the place deployment storage is often impaired by large size that required heavy lifting. This paper addresses these limitations proposing...
Science instructors from a wide range of disciplines agree that hands-on laboratory components courses are pedagogically necessary (Freedman, 1997). However, certain shortcomings current exercises have been pointed out by several authors (Mataric, 2004; Hofstein and Lunetta, 2004). The overarching theme these analyses is tend to be formulaic, closed-ended, at times outdated. To address issues, we envision novel platform not only didactic tool but also an experimental testbed for users play...
Drones are rapidly becoming an affordable and often faster solution for parcel delivery than terrestrial vehicles. Existing transportation drones software infrastructures mostly designed by logistics companies trained users dedicated infrastructure, to be used either long range (<;150 km) or last-mile (<;20 km). This letter presents Dronistics, integrated hardware system last-centimeter (<;5 person-to-person using cargo drones. The is conceived intuitive intrinsically safe enable...
It has often been found that students appreciate hands-on work, and find they learn more with courses include a project than those relying solely on conventional lectures tests. This type of driven learning is key component "Inquiry-based learning" (IBL), which aims at teaching methodology as well content by incorporating the student an actor rather spectator. Robotics applications are especially well-suited for IBL due to value trial error experience, multiple possibilities implement their...
Autonomous navigation in obstacle-dense indoor environments is very challenging for flying robots due to the high risk of collisions, which may lead mechanical damage platform and eventual failure mission. While conventional approaches autonomous favor obstacle avoidance strategies, recent work showed that collision-robust could hit obstacles without breaking even self-recover after a crash ground. This approach particularly interesting complex where collisions are unavoidable, or reducing...
Delivery drones used by logistics companies today are equipped with unshielded propellers, which represent a major hurdle for in-hand parcel delivery. The exposed propeller blades hazardous to unsuspecting bystanders, pets, and untrained users. One solution provide safety is enclose drone an all-encompassing protective cage. However, the structures of existing cage designs have low density in order minimize obstruction airflow, so as not decrease efficiency. relatively large openings do...
Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. This lack of flexibility requires a fleet diverse tailored specific cargo dimensions. Here we propose new reconfigurable drone based on modular design that adapts different shapes, sizes, and We also method for the automatic generation configurations suitable parameters flight controller. The parcel becomes drone's body which several individual propulsion modules attached. demonstrate use hardware...
Science instructors from a wide range of disciplines agree that hands-on laboratory components courses are pedagogically necessary (Freedman, 1997). However, certain shortcomings current exercises have been pointed out by several authors (Mataric, 2004; Hofstein and Lunetta, 2004). The overarching theme these analyses is tend to be formulaic, closed-ended, at times outdated. To address issues, we envision novel platform not only didactic tool but also an experimental testbed for users play...
The conventional approach to parcel placement in most delivery drone designs today is place the centrally beneath drone's rotor plane. However, if too large, this will result an obstruction of propeller slipstream, incurring significant drag. As such, parcel's location below plane limits size parcels that can be delivered, specifically super-sized protrude beyond bounds four rotors. Delivering these large requires bigger platforms, which consequently consume more energy, necessitate storage...
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