PogoDrone: Design, Model, and Control of a Jumping Quadrotor

Brian Zhu,Jiawei Xu,Andrew Charway,David Saldaña,Brian Zhu,Jiawei Xu,Andrew Charway,David Saldaña

We present a design, model, and control for a novel jumping-flying robot that is called PogoDrone. The robot is composed of a quadrotor with a passive mechanism for jumping. The robot can continuously jump in place or fly like a normal quadrotor. Jumping in place allows the robot to quickly move and operate very close to the ground. For instance, in agricultural applications, the jumping mechanism...