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Grasping Appendage for Quadrotor Micro UAV Inspired by Birds of Prey

The introduction of inexpensive micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in recent years provides a novel opportunity for easy transportation of loads using one or more UAVs. Drawing inspiration from aerial hunting by birds of prey, a research team from the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab has designed and equipped a quadrotor micro UAV with an actuated appendage enabling grasping and object retrieval at high speeds.

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    00:00:05 drawing inspiration from aerial hunting by birds of prey we design and equip a quadrotor micro aerial vehicle with an actuated appendage enabling grasping and object retrieval at high speeds we also developed a nonlinear Dynamic model of the system demonstrate that the system is differentially flat planned Dynamic trajectories using the flatness property and present experimental results with

    00:00:28 pickup velocities at 2 m/ second and 3 m/ second that is as much as 9 body lengths per second