This work introduces the G-Fly-Crane, a proof-of-concept aerial multi-robot system designed
to demonstrate the advantage of using multiple aerial robots as a valuable tool for novel …

This study investigates the formation planning problem of tethered multirotor unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) cooperative transportation with unknown payload and cable length …

This article proposes a novel method to determine the optimal cable attachment
configuration for reconfigurable cable-driven parallel robots (RCDPRs) considering different …

Aerial Cable Towed Systems (ACTS) are composed of several Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) connected to a payload by cables. Compared to towing objects from individual aerial …

Abstract Aerial Cable Towed Robots (ACTRs) have been proposed by several researchers
for aerial manipulation in recent years. However, the low energy efficiency of the multi-rotor …

This article improves the robustness of tethered multirotor unmanned aircraft systems
(UASs) through configuration optimization and controller design. Capacity margin and …

This paper investigates the stability control of the tethered multi-rotor unmanned aerial
vehicles (T-MRUAVs) system in cargo delivery, where precise payload trajectory control is …

There is a growing attraction for robotic aerial systems in the academic world and in industry.
Aerial Cable Towed Systems (ACTSs) are naturally subjected to various unknown external …

This paper presents a novel bilateral shared framework for a cooperative aerial
transportation and manipulation system composed by a team of micro aerial vehicles with a …

This paper investigates the tracking control of a multi-quadrotor slung-load system (MQSLS),
incorporating a dynamic model that simultaneously accounts for underactuation …