2A2-D01 A small aerial robot equipped with a hand on the top of the airframe(Aerial Robot and Mechatronics (2))

Abstract

We describe an aerial robot equipped with a hand on the top of the body for realizing an aerial manipulation in the space above the robot. The robot consists of a small quadrotor platform, an one degree-of-freedom robotic hand and a camera. In the experiments, grasping the bar placed on the robot, keeping the grasp while the rotors stopped, and releasing the bar are achieved.