Aerial Pruning Heads: Shinichi Hirai Contact: Javier Molina Mendez Date: 2013 - Mailing address: Dept. Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ. Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan Supported by: Associated lab/group:

Project Description

This research aims at pruning tree branches using an aerial robot. We propose a skew-gripper for fixing an aerial robot to a branch and pruning a branch by a cutting tool.

Personnel

	Name	Title	Degree
	Javier Molina Mendez	Graduated	Ph.D
	Masaaki Terada	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Yumeko Jokura	Graduated

Publications

• Javier Molina and Shinichi Hirai, Aerial pruning mechanism, initial real environment test, Robotics and Biomimetics, Vol.4, No.15, 10.1186/s40638-017-0073-3, Dec., 2017

• Javier Molina Mendez and Shinichi Hirai, Kinematic Analysis of a Novel Skew-gripper for Aerial Pruning Tasks, 2017 3rd Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE 2017), 10.1145/3068796.3068802, Novotel Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris, France, Feb. 8-12, 2017   Best Presentation Award
• Javier Molina Mendez and Shinichi Hirai, Pruning Tree-Branches Close to Electrical Power Lines Using a Skew-Gripper and a Multirotor Helicopter, IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2017), 10.1109/AIM.2017.8014169, Sheraton Munich Arabellapark Hotel, Munich, Germany, July 3-7, 2017
• Javier Molina Mendez and Shinichi Hirai, Aerial Pruning Mechanism, Initial Real Environment Test, 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Real-time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2017), pp.127-132, 10.1109/RCAR.2017.8311847, Southern Beach Hotel & Resort Okinawa, Itoman, Japan, July 14-18, 2017

Notes

Pruning a tree branch using an aerial robot

Aerial robot for pruning

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