IROS 2015Poster
Proposal and experimental validation of a design strategy for a UAV with a passive rotating spherical shell
Authors: Shoma Mizutani, Yoshito Okada, Carl John Salaan, Takuma Ishii, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro
Abstract
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as multicopters are expected to be used for inspection of aged infrastructure or for searching damaged buildings in the event of a disaster. However, in a confined space in such environments, UAVs suffer a high risk of falling as a result of contact with an obstacle.