A bio-inspired methodology of automatic perching for unmanned aerial vehicles

• Main Author: Chi, Wanchao
• Other Authors: Hoon Kay Hiang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechatronics; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Control engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/66933
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Current unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have to stay airborne during surveillance missions, decreasing their energy efficiency dramatically and therefore limiting their endurance significantly. On the other hand, birds perch to conserve energy while maintaining surveillance over their domain. A biom...