Stabilized airborne drop delivery

D Buchmueller, LL Legrand III, J Erdozain Jr… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Stabilized airborne drop delivery using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. In
one embodiment, the UAV includes a flight controller configured to control a flight path of the …

Tether compensated airborne delivery

D Buchmueller - US Patent 9,676,481, 2017 - Google Patents
A tether compensated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one embodiment, the
UAV includes a winch with a tether to lower an item from the UAV for delivery, a flight …

Tether compensated airborne delivery

D Buchmueller - US Patent 10,647,427, 2020 - Google Patents
A tether compensated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one embodiment, the
UAV includes a winch with a tether to lower an item from the UAV for delivery, a tether …

A cable-suspended intelligent crane assist device for the intuitive manipulation of large payloads

A Campeau-Lecours, S Foucault… - IEEE/ASME …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a cable-suspended crane system to assist operators in moving and
lifting large payloads. The main objective of this work is to develop a simple and reliable …

Improving cable driven parallel robot accuracy through angular position sensors

A Fortin-Côté, P Cardou… - 2016 IEEE/RSJ …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventionally, a cable driven parallel mechanism (CDPM) pose is obtained through the
forward kinematics from measurements of the cable lengths. However, this estimation …

Stabilized airborne drop delivery

D Buchmueller, LL Legrand III, J Erdozain Jr… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Stabilized delivery using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. In one
embodiment, the UAV includes a flight controller configured to control a flight path of the …

Active response gravity offload and method

LK Dungan, PS Valle, DR Bankieris… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A variable gravity field simulator can be utilized to provide three
dimensional simulations for simulated gravity fields selectively ranging from Moon, Mars …

Electromechanical system for interaction with an operator

ME Abdallah, C Gosselin, T Laliberte… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An electromechanical system operates through physical interaction with an operator, and
includes a plurality of joints providing multiple degrees of freedom (DOF), including actuated …

Winch for providing a part of unwound cable with a predetermined length

C Bauder - US Patent 9,815,670, 2017 - Google Patents
A winch comprises a cable roll; a cable having one end fixed to the cable roll and another
end configured to electrically connect an electric device to the cable, wherein the cable is …

An articulated assistive robot for intuitive hands-on-payload manipulation

A Campeau-Lecours, PL Belzile, T Laliberté… - Robotics and Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an intelligent assistive robot designed to help operators in lifting and
moving large payloads through direct physical contact (hands-on-payload mode). The …