Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones

In the emerging field of soft robotics, nature has inspired many engineering innovations that incorporate flexible elements to improve the efficiency and robustness of flight in traditionally rigid drones. However, soft structures pose challenges to the controllability of the drone’s flight due t...

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Main Author: Peh, Yu Yun
Other Authors: Andy Khong W H
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1677732023-07-07T15:41:27Z Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones Peh, Yu Yun Andy Khong W H School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering ETH Zurich Luca Girardi AndyKhong@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics In the emerging field of soft robotics, nature has inspired many engineering innovations that incorporate flexible elements to improve the efficiency and robustness of flight in traditionally rigid drones. However, soft structures pose challenges to the controllability of the drone’s flight due to their flexibility and easily deformable nature. Hence, this project aims to incorporate the best of both worlds by implementing an active stiffening system that allows a soft drone to fly agilely, while being able to morph its shape and conform to its environment. A stiffening system was implemented on a circular drone, which achieved stiffening of up to 257% under static conditions. Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 2023-06-04T13:17:10Z 2023-06-04T13:17:10Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Peh, Y. Y. (2023). Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167773 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167773 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Peh, Yu Yun
Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
description In the emerging field of soft robotics, nature has inspired many engineering innovations that incorporate flexible elements to improve the efficiency and robustness of flight in traditionally rigid drones. However, soft structures pose challenges to the controllability of the drone’s flight due to their flexibility and easily deformable nature. Hence, this project aims to incorporate the best of both worlds by implementing an active stiffening system that allows a soft drone to fly agilely, while being able to morph its shape and conform to its environment. A stiffening system was implemented on a circular drone, which achieved stiffening of up to 257% under static conditions.
author2 Andy Khong W H
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author Peh, Yu Yun
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title Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
title_short Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
title_full Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
title_fullStr Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
title_full_unstemmed Active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
title_sort active stiffening for soft multi-rotor drones
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2023
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167773
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