Research Fields
Research spans aerial manipulation and control, sensing, system integration, and applications beyond flight.
Aerial Manipulation & Control
Manipulator design, tethered UAV networks — including wire-suspended long-reach systems — and the control strategies for maintaining stable contact between a flying vehicle and its environment.
Sensing
Vision-based tactile sensor development, plus the stereo-vision and 3D-reconstruction work that lets aerial robots perceive what they're about to touch.
System Integration
Full-stack platforms — from embedded flight controllers up through the ROS / ROS 2 layer that ties sensing, control, and manipulation together.
Cross-Domain Applications
The same manipulation and sensing principles, applied beyond flight — from food-handling end-effectors to soft-robotics simulation for deformable object manipulation.
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Featured Research
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TAMS — Three-Arm Aerial Manipulator
A hexarotor with three onboard arms that grasps, adaptively levels on rocking or uneven ground, and docks overhead.
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Tethered Multi-UAV Inspection
A coordinated network of small tethered UAVs sharing power and data over a shared cable, built for confined-space infrastructure inspection.
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Tilt-Frame UAV
A multirotor whose airframe itself tilts, decoupling thrust from body attitude for omnidirectional contact and inspection work.
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Thrust Vectoring UAV
Sideward add-on thrusters that generate torque and lateral force independent of the main rotors — for valve-turning, washing, and torsional work.
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Powerline Inspection & Maintenance
A UAV system that docks onto overhead power lines and drives along them, carrying out inspection and maintenance tasks such as armor rod installation.
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Food Handling Gripper
A benchmarking platform and ROS 2 pick-and-place system for robotic end-effectors handling delicate and granular food materials.
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