Browsing by Author "Ubellacker, Samuel"

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    • Aggressive Aerial Grasping using a Soft Drone with Onboard Perception 

      Ubellacker, Samuel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)
      Contrary to the stunning feats observed in birds of prey, aerial manipulation and grasping with flying robots still lack versatility and agility. Conventional approaches using rigid manipulators require precise positioning ...

    • Grasping Static and Moving Targets with a Soft Drone: Control and Prediction 

      Ubellacker, Samuel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
      This thesis studies the problem of grasping static and moving targets with a Soft Drone, which is a quadrotor platform where the landing gear is replaced with a soft manipulator. Whereas traditional rigid aerial manipulators ...