Contacting Operations by Aerial Robots 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: Shimonomura Lab.

Project Description

The aim of this research is to develop aerial robot systems to perform physically interacting operations with the environment. We introduce end-effectors to aerial robots to perform a wide range of operations such as branch cutting in forestry, window cleaning of buildings, and hammering test of constructions.

2019/12/7	Katsuma and Arimoto won the 3rd prize at MathWorks Minidrone Competition at Tokyo 2019. (trial) (final result) (archived video)

Personnel

	Name	Title	Degree
	Javier Molina Mendez	Graduated	Ph.D
	Arimoto Kouki	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Katsuma Tatsurou	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Seiya Kobayashi	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Yuuki Nishida	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Hiroaki Hayashi	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Masaaki Terada	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Kazuhiro Watanabe	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Tatsuya Nozaki	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Dong Thi Hang	Graduated	Master of Eng.
	Masaya Nakagawa	Graduated
	Yumeko Jokura	Graduated
	Daiki Tateishi	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, Dynamic Landing Gear for Balancing a Multirotor Helicopter, 2017 Int. Conf. on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS'17), 10.1109/ICUAS.2017.7991346, Miami Marriott, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL, USA, June 13-16, 2017
• 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
• Phuong Le, Zhongkui Wang, and Shinichi Hirai, Origami Structure Toward Floating Aerial Robot, IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM2015), pp.1565-1569, 10.1109/AIM.2015.7222765, Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO), Busan, Korea, July 7-11, 2015
• Syohei Shimahara, Robert Ladig, Suphachart Leewiwatwong, Shinichi Hirai, and Kazuhiro Shimonomura, Aerial Manipulation for the Workspace above the Airframe, 2015 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015), 10.1109/IROS.2015.7353559, Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2015
• Phuong Hoai Le, Javier Molina Mendez, and Shinichi Hirai, Application of Japanese Origami Ball for Floating Multirotor Aerial Robot, 12th Int. Conf. on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (ICRAM 2014), Holiday Inn Paris Montparnasse, Paris, France, Oct. 30-31, 2014

• Takahiro Matsuno, Koki Arimoto, Tatsuro Katsuma, and Shinichi Hirai, Binding Hand Mechanism for an Aerial Working Robot, 2021 IEEE Int. Conf. on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2021), online, Apr. 12-16, 2021
• Javier Molina and Shinichi Hirai, Aerial Grasping and Load Transportation Using Multirotor Helicopters Towards Moving Long-size Payload, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2015, Miyakomesse, Kyoto, Japan, May 17-19, 2015

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