Aerial manipulation aims at combining the versatility and the agility of some aerial platforms
with the manipulation capabilities of robotic arms. This letter tries to collect the results …

Load transportation by quadrotors and similar aircrafts is a topic of great interest to the
robotics community nowadays, most likely due to logistic gains for deliveries of commercial …

This article analyzes the evolution and current trends in aerial robotic manipulation,
comprising helicopters, conventional underactuated multirotors, and multidirectional thrust …

This paper presents a literature survey on aerial manipulation. First of all, an extensive study
of aerial vehicles and manipulation/interaction mechanisms in aerial manipulation is …

This paper addresses mechanics, design, estimation and control for aerial grasping. We
present the design of several light-weight, low-complexity grippers that allow quadrotors to …

We survey the recent work on micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a fast-growing field
in robotics, outlining the opportunities for research and applications, along with the scientific …

The application of rotorcraft to autonomous load carrying and transport is a new frontier for
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This task requires that hovering vehicles remain stable …

This paper reports recent research efforts to advance the functionality of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) beyond passive observation to active interaction with and manipulation of …

We propose and investigate a system in which teams of quadrotor helicopters assemble 2. 5-
D structures from simple structural nodes and members equipped with magnets. The …

We propose a new paradigm for construction in which teams of quadrotor helicopters
assemble 2.5-D structures from simple structural nodes and members equipped with …