Ryan Gomes Paiva

DASH Robot: Minimalistic Design and Optimal Aerial-Terrestrial Locomotion via Contact-Implicit Control

Ryan Gomes Paiva, Conrad Ho, Jiarong Kang, Kunzhao Ren, Xiangru Xu, Xiaobin Xiong

We present a novel and minimalistic design of an aerial-terrestrial robot DASH: Ducted Aerial Spring Hopper. The goal is to enable both aerial and ground locomotion capabilities on a unified mobile robot that is mechanically-minimalistic, locomotion-versatile, and energy-efficien…Read more