Heading for the Abyss: Control Strategies for Exploiting Swinging of a Descending Tethered Aerial Robot

Max Polzin,Frank Centamori,Josie Hughes,Max Polzin,Frank Centamori,Josie Hughes

The use of aerial vehicles for exploration and data collection has the potential to significantly aid environmental monitoring in environments which are dangerous and hard to navigate. However, within these environments navigation can often be restricted by overhangs which are challenging to navigate, particularly so with the high payloads required for environmental monitoring. We propose utilizin...