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Bio-inspired autonomous drones

From research to business

Dario Floreano, EPFL, Switzerland

Flying insect vision

Image: Wett Steven

Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Switzerland

camera

camera

gyro

anemometer

rudder

elevator

10-gram indoor microflyer

J.-C. Zufferey, A. Klaptocz, A. Beyeler, J.-D. Nicoud and D. Floreano (2007)

Advanced Robotics, 21(14), 1671-1684.

Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Switzerland

Obstacle avoidance and altitude control

A Parrot Group company

Autonomous, Vision-based Landing

A Parrot Group company

+ high resolution - limited field of view, bulky optics

Vertebrate Eye

+ large field of view, no distortion - coarse spatial resolution

Insect Compound Eyes

weight = 0.36g thickness = 0.85mm

Curved Artificial Compound Eye

Stefano Mintchev, 25 June, 14:30

Industrial Automation / Homecare session

How flying insects handle collisions

In collaboration with R. Wood, Wyss Institute, Harvard

A. Klaptocz, L. Daler, A. Briod, J.-C. Zufferey and D. Floreano, IEEE

Transactions on Robotics, 2012

Uprighting: Retractable legs

A. Briod, P. M. Kornatowski, J.-C. Zufferey and D. Floreano (2014) Journal of

Field Robotics

Technology Transfer

From Flying to Walking

Ground capabilities • Forward speed 0.2m/s (0.7BL/s)

• Rotation speed 25° /s

Air capabilities • Cruise speed 14m/s • Autonomy 30min.

Daler, Lecoeur, Hählen, Floreano, IROS Proceedings, 2013

A morphological change that minimizes cost of transportation

between incompatible locomotion modes

• Actuator torque and speed

• Center of mass

• Inner ratio

Daler, Mintchev, Stefanini, Floreano, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2014

Adaptive Morphology

Nixie

Anura

Transportability

Stefano Mintchev, 25 June, 14:30

Industrial Automation / Homecare session

Foldable technologies and compound eyes for

pocket sized drones

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Dario Floreano, EPFL, Switzerland