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Turning a near-hovering controlled quadrotor into a 3D force effector

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Ryll,  M
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Bülthoff,  HH
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Goioso, G., Ryll, M., Prattichizzo, D., Bülthoff, H., & Franchi, A. (2014). Turning a near-hovering controlled quadrotor into a 3D force effector. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014) (pp. 6278-6284). Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0027-80AE-C
Abstract
In this paper the problem of a quadrotor that physically interacts with the surrounding environment through a rigid tool is considered. We present a theoretical design that allows to exert an arbitrary 3D force by using a standard near-hovering controller that was originally developed for contact-free flight control. This is achieved by analytically solving the nonlinear system that relates the quadrotor state, the force exerted by the rigid tool on the environment, and the near-hovering controller action at the equilibrium points, during any generic contact. Stability of the equilibria for the most relevant actions (pushing, releasing, lifting, dropping, and left-right shifting) are proven by means of numerical analysis using the indirect Lyapunov method. An experimental platform, including a suitable tool design, has been developed and used to validate the theory with preliminary experiments.