The Picobug : a mesoscale robot that can run, fly, and grasp
In this paper we present the flying monkey, a novel robot platform having three main capabilities: walking, grasping, and flight. This new robotic platform merges one of the worlds smallest quadrotor aircraft with a lightweight, singledegreeoffreedom walking mechanism and an SMAactuated gripper to enable all three functions in a 30g package. The main goal and key contribution of this paper is to design and prototype the flying monkey that has increased mission life and capabilities through the combinat br, br,
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