PufferBot: Actuated Expandable Structures for Aerial Robots
University of Colorado Boulder（科罗拉多大学博尔德分校）；University of Calgary（卡尔加里大学）
英文摘要：
We present PufferBot, an aerial robot with an expandable structure that may expand to protect a drone's propellers when the robot is close to obstacles or collocated humans. PufferBot is made of a custom 3D-printed expandable scissor structure, which utilizes a one degree of freedom actuator with rack and pinion mechanism. We propose four designs for the expandable structure, each with unique characterizations for different situations. Finally, we present three motivating scenarios in which PufferBot may extend the utility of existing static propeller guard structures. The supplementary video can be found at: https://youtu.be/XtPepCxWcBg
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