3 papers
cs.RO2026
RAPTOR: Rapid Aerial Pickup and Transport of Objects by Robots
Aurel Appius, Erik Bauer, Marc Blöchlinger +7
Rapid aerial grasping through robots can lead to many applications that utilize fast and dynamic picking and placing of objects. Rigid grippers traditionally used in aerial manipul…
cs.RO2025
An Open-Source Soft Robotic Platform for Autonomous Aerial Manipulation in the Wild
Erik Bauer, Marc Blöchlinger, Pascal Strauch +3
Aerial manipulation combines the versatility and speed of flying platforms with the functional capabilities of mobile manipulation, which presents significant challenges due to the…
cs.RO2025
Robot Crash Course: Learning Soft and Stylized Falling
Pascal Strauch, David Müller, Sammy Christen +4
Despite recent advances in robust locomotion, bipedal robots operating in the real world remain at risk of falling. While most research focuses on preventing such events, we instea…