Amphibious ground-aerial vehicles fuse flying and driving modes to enable more flexible air-
land mobility and have received growing attention recently. By analyzing the existing …

With the ever-increasing demand for harvesting wind energy, the inspection of its associated
infrastructures, particularly turbines, has become essential to ensure continued and …

Terrestrial-aerial bimodal vehicles bloom in both academia and industry because they
incorporate both the high mobility of aerial vehicles and the long endurance of ground …

This work details the design, modeling and control of SytaB, a vehicle capable of hybrid
terrestrial/aerial mobility with smooth transition, where the structure embedding a bicopter is …

By taking the complementary advantage of multicopters and ground vehicles, air-ground
vehicles have shown great potential in various fields due to their superior mobility and …

In this study, an NMPC-based planning approach is proposed for Hybrid Terrestrial and
Aerial Quadrotors (HyTAQs) to achieve safe and efficient hybrid locomotion in unknown …

Quadrotors have found widespread use in indoor applications, including tracking and
mapping. In general, to carry out such tasks effectively, a navigation solution should provide …

Aerial robots show promise for increased capabilities in exploring unstructured and
challenging environments. However, they are limited by payload capacity, flight times, and …

Air-ground robots (AGRs) are widely used in surveillance and disaster response due to their
exceptional mobility and versatility (ie, flying and driving). Current AGR navigation systems …

Autonomous exploration of unknown environments with aerial vehicles remains a challenge,
especially in perceptually degraded conditions. Dust, fog, or a lack of visual or LiDAR-based …