Manipulation of Elasto-Flexible Cables with Single or Multiple UAVs

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Hauptverfasser: Gabellieri, Chiara, Teeuwen, Lars, Shen, Yaolei, Franchi, Antonio
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Gabellieri, Chiara
Teeuwen, Lars
Shen, Yaolei
Franchi, Antonio
author_facet Gabellieri, Chiara
Teeuwen, Lars
Shen, Yaolei
Franchi, Antonio
contents This work considers a large class of systems composed of multiple quadrotors manipulating deformable and extensible cables. The cable is described via a discretized representation, which decomposes it into linear springs interconnected through lumped-mass passive spherical joints. Sets of flat outputs are found for the systems. Numerical simulations support the findings by showing cable manipulation relying on flatness-based trajectories. Eventually, we present an experimental validation of the effectiveness of the proposed discretized cable model for a two-robot example. Moreover, a closed-loop controller based on the identified model and using cable-output feedback is experimentally tested.
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spellingShingle Manipulation of Elasto-Flexible Cables with Single or Multiple UAVs
Gabellieri, Chiara
Teeuwen, Lars
Shen, Yaolei
Franchi, Antonio
Robotics
Systems and Control
This work considers a large class of systems composed of multiple quadrotors manipulating deformable and extensible cables. The cable is described via a discretized representation, which decomposes it into linear springs interconnected through lumped-mass passive spherical joints. Sets of flat outputs are found for the systems. Numerical simulations support the findings by showing cable manipulation relying on flatness-based trajectories. Eventually, we present an experimental validation of the effectiveness of the proposed discretized cable model for a two-robot example. Moreover, a closed-loop controller based on the identified model and using cable-output feedback is experimentally tested.
title Manipulation of Elasto-Flexible Cables with Single or Multiple UAVs
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04304