The Mamba: A Suspended Manipulator to Sample Plants in Cliff Environments

H La Vigne, G Charron, D Rancourt… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Conservation efforts in cliff habitats pose unique challenges due to their inaccessibility,
limiting the study and protection of rare endemic species. This project introduces a novel …

Experimental Performance Comparison of Bidirectional Actuator Configurations for Suspended Aerial Platforms

J Rachiele-Tremblay, H La Vigne… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Suspended payload requires bidirectional thrust actuation to control their motion. Such
systems, like the small suspended aerial cliff sampling system considered in this letter …