Aerial manipulation is the task consisting in a drone manipulating something around the environment such as communication towers, electric transmission lines, manufacturing in dangerous scenarios, etc. It is the extension of the classic robot manipulator studied since the 50’s but with a flying machine.
During this thesis the student must acquire knowledge in the following areas and expertise:
The thesis is developed in collaborations with PhD, master and undergraduate students who are Lapyr LAB members.
Project started in 2017.
There is one publication from the team. It is in construction.
HTC Vive; high performance servers; microcontrollers; embedded computers; arm manipulator; drone; servo motors; Oculus Rift; Leap motion system; GPS; radio controllers; telemetry; Wi-Fi module; among others. All those materials are available at LAB.