6 papers
HINT-Blimp: Human INTent Inference from Multimodal Cues for Robotic Blimps
Subhadeep Koley, Benjamin Greenberg, Yifei Simon Shao +3
In human-robot interaction, traditional interfaces such as joysticks and handheld tablets introduce latency into navigation tasks and require the operator's explicit attention on t…
Planning Trajectories that Bounce: Reflection Classes for Collision-Tolerant Robots
Subhadeep Koley, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, David Saldaña
Robot navigation methods tend to avoid contact, and consequently search for collision-free trajectories. For robots with high inertia and limited maneuverability, however, avoiding…
From Ellipsoids to Midair Control of Dynamic Hitches
Jiawei Xu, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, David Saldaña
The ability to manipulate and interlace cables using aerial vehicles can greatly improve aerial transportation tasks. Such interlacing cables create hitches by winding two or more…
The Spinning Blimp: Design and Control of a Novel Minimalist Aerial Vehicle Leveraging Rotational Dynamics and Locomotion
Leonardo Santens, Diego S. D'Antonio, Shuhang Hou +1
This paper presents the Spinning Blimp, a novel lighter-than-air (LTA) aerial vehicle designed for low-energy stable flight. Utilizing an oblate spheroid helium balloon for buoyanc…
MochiSwarm: A testbed for robotic blimps in realistic environments
Jiawei Xu, Thong Vu, Diego S. D'Antonio +1
Testing aerial robots in tasks such as pickup-and-delivery and surveillance significantly benefits from high energy efficiency and scalability of the deployed robotic system. This…
A Novel Low-Cost, Recyclable, Easy-to-Build Robot Blimp For Transporting Supplies in Hard-to-Reach Locations
Karen Li, Shuhang Hou, Matyas Negash +4
Rural communities in remote areas often encounter significant challenges when it comes to accessing emergency healthcare services and essential supplies due to a lack of adequate t…