PufferBot: Actuated Expandable Structures for Aerial Robots
Hooman Hedayati,Ryo Suzuki,Daniel Leithinger,Daniel Szafir,Hooman Hedayati,Ryo Suzuki,Daniel Leithinger,Daniel Szafir
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 char...
