Aerial service robotics: The AIRobots perspective

Author

Marconi, L. ; Basile, Francesco ; Caprari, G. ; Carloni, Raffaella ; Chiacchio, Pasquale ; Hurzeler, C. ; Lippiello, Vincenzo ; Naldi, R. ; Nikolic, J. ; Siciliano, Bruno ; Stramigioli, Stefano ; Zwicker, E.

Author_Institution

CASY-DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

11-13 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

69

Abstract

This paper presents the main vision and research activities of the ongoing European project AIRobots (Innovative Aerial Service Robot for Remote Inspection by Contact, www.airobots.eu). The goal of AIRobots is to develop a new generation of aerial service robots capable of supporting human beings in all those activities that require the ability to interact actively and safely with environments not constrained on ground but, indeed, airborne. Besides presenting the main ideas and the research activities within the three-year project, the paper shows the first technological outcomes obtained during the first year and a half of activity.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; human-robot interaction; inspection; manipulators; service robots; AIRobots European project; Innovative Aerial Service Robot for Remote Inspection by Contact; UAV; airborne environments; human-robot interaction; unmanned aerial vehicles; Humans; Inspection; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2012 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4585-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473361

Filename

6473361