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Current drones passively surveil. Drones equipped with robotic arms shift this paradigm: the drone is actively interacting with the environment rather than simply sensing it. This would be needed to robotically enhance bridge-related work, called dexterous aerial manipulation: drones could hose decks; drilling on surfaces; and epoxy cracks. Such research is important to advancing bridge maintenance and repair.
Recently, the worker’s experience was integrated in aerial manipulation using haptic technology. The net effect is such system could enable the worker to leverage drones to collaborative perform haptic assessments of the objects and complete tasks on the bridge remotely. However, the tasks were completed within the operator’s line-of-sight.
Research gap: an immersive framework based on AR/VR is rarely integrated in aerial manipulation. Such framework allows drones to transport the operator’s senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in a real-time. Hence, the operator can physically interact with the environment and socially interacts with actual workers on the work site.
Presentation Date
10 Aug 2021, 1:10-1:20 pm
Meeting Name
INSPIRE-UTC 2021 Annual Meeting
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Document Type
Poster
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
A Human-Embodied Drone for Dexterous Aerial Manipulation
Current drones passively surveil. Drones equipped with robotic arms shift this paradigm: the drone is actively interacting with the environment rather than simply sensing it. This would be needed to robotically enhance bridge-related work, called dexterous aerial manipulation: drones could hose decks; drilling on surfaces; and epoxy cracks. Such research is important to advancing bridge maintenance and repair.
Recently, the worker’s experience was integrated in aerial manipulation using haptic technology. The net effect is such system could enable the worker to leverage drones to collaborative perform haptic assessments of the objects and complete tasks on the bridge remotely. However, the tasks were completed within the operator’s line-of-sight.
Research gap: an immersive framework based on AR/VR is rarely integrated in aerial manipulation. Such framework allows drones to transport the operator’s senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in a real-time. Hence, the operator can physically interact with the environment and socially interacts with actual workers on the work site.
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Thank you INSPIRE teams and U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) for the support
First Place Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in the 2021 Annual Meeting Graduate Student Poster Competition sponsored by INSPIRE University Transportation Center