TY - GEN
T1 - Adaptive and Fail-safe Magnetic Gripper with Charging Function for Drones on Power lines
AU - Hoang, Viet Duong
AU - Kramberger, Aljaz
AU - Ebeid, Emad
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Drone grasping on power lines for recharging is challenging since it requires the gripper to be lightweight, carried by a drone, and efficient for a firm grasp. A deep understanding of the power line nature and its magnetic characteristic helps ease such challenges and bring new knowledge to gripper design. In this work, a novel adaptive, lightweight, and fail-safe magnetic gripper with a recharging feature is presented. The gripper exploits the radiated magnetic field of the lines for charging and holding the drone and can easily detach from the line. The gripper design has been validated in the lab and on a quadcopter with a real power line.
AB - Drone grasping on power lines for recharging is challenging since it requires the gripper to be lightweight, carried by a drone, and efficient for a firm grasp. A deep understanding of the power line nature and its magnetic characteristic helps ease such challenges and bring new knowledge to gripper design. In this work, a novel adaptive, lightweight, and fail-safe magnetic gripper with a recharging feature is presented. The gripper exploits the radiated magnetic field of the lines for charging and holding the drone and can easily detach from the line. The gripper design has been validated in the lab and on a quadcopter with a real power line.
UR - https://ieee-iros.org/
UR - https://youtu.be/JBD0Ww7p3jM
U2 - 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341434
DO - 10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341434
M3 - Article in proceedings
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 4547
EP - 4554
BT - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
PB - IEEE
T2 - IROS 2023
Y2 - 1 October 2023 through 5 October 2023
ER -