2 papers
cs.RO2026
Where to Perch in a Tree: Vision-Guidance for Tree-Grasping Drones
Alex Dunnett, Leonie Bottomley, Mirko Kovac +1
This study demonstrates a method to locate an ideal perch location on a tree for vision-guided autonomous tree-perching drones. Various image processing algorithms, including those…
cs.RO2026
Bumper Drone: Elastic Morphology Design for Aerial Physical Interaction
Pongporn Supa, Alex Dunnett, Feng Xiao +3
Aerial robots are evolving from avoiding obstacles to exploiting the environmental contact interactions for navigation, exploration and manipulation. A key challenge in such aerial…