3 papers
cs.RO2026
FLOAT Drone for Physical Interaction: Lateral Airflow Reduction, Wrench Modeling, and Adaptive Control
Junxiao Lin, Kehan Zhou, Shuhang Ji +4
Aerial physical interaction represents a promising direction for next-generation unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but it requires an aerial platform that can exert contact forces w…
cs.RO2025
Tracailer: An Efficient Trajectory Planner for Tractor-Trailer Robots in Unstructured Environments
Long Xu, Kaixin Chai, Boyuan An +11
The tractor-trailer robot consists of a drivable tractor and one or more non-drivable trailers connected via hitches. Compared to typical car-like robots, the addition of trailers…
cs.RO2025
FLOAT Drone: A Fully-actuated Coaxial Aerial Robot for Close-Proximity Operations
Junxiao Lin, Shuhang Ji, Yuze Wu +3
How to endow aerial robots with the ability to operate in close proximity remains an open problem. The core challenges lie in the propulsion system's dual-task requirement: generat…