6 papers
AMBER: A tether-deployable gripping crawler with compliant microspines for canopy manipulation
P. A. Wigner, L. Romanello, A. Hammad +5
This paper presents an aerially deployable crawler designed for adaptive locomotion and manipulation within tree canopies. The system combines compliant microspine-based tracks, a…
Learning Agile Tensile Perching for Aerial Robots from Demonstrations
Kangle Yuan, Atar Babgei, Luca Romanello +5
Perching on structures such as trees, beams, and ledges is essential for extending the endurance of aerial robots by enabling energy conservation in standby or observation modes. A…
Features characterizing safe aerial-aquatic robots
Andrea Giordano, Luca Romanello, Diego Perez Gonzalez +2
This paper underscores the importance of environmental monitoring, and specifically of freshwater ecosystems, which play a critical role in sustaining life and global economy. Desp…
TumblerBots: Tumbling Robotic sensors for Minimally-invasive Benthic Monitoring
L. Romanello, A. Teboul, F. Wiesemuller +3
Robotic systems show significant promise for water environmental sensing applications such as water quality monitoring, pollution mapping and biodiversity data collection. Conventi…
Exploring the Potential of Multi-modal Sensing Framework for Forest Ecology
Luca Romanello, Tian Lan, Mirko Kovac +2
Forests offer essential resources and services to humanity, yet preserving and restoring them presents challenges, particularly due to the limited availability of actionable data,…
Camber-changing flapping hydrofoils for efficient and environmental-safe water propulsion system
Luca Romanello, Leonard Hohaus, David-Marian Schmitt +2
This research introduces a novel hydrofoil-based propulsion framework for unmanned aquatic robots, inspired by the undulating locomotion observed in select aquatic species. The pro…