arXiv:2507.03517cs.ROcs.SY2025-07被引 1

两架无人机牵绳抓取水面垃圾,提升抓取效率与稳定性。

Multi-robot Aerial Soft Manipulator For Floating Litter Collection

  • 双无人机通过柔性绳索连接,用钩子抓取漂浮垃圾。
  • 自适应绳形规划使抓取成功率显著提升,实测有效。
  • 适合水域环保机器人、自动化巡检等场景使用。

清除水体中的漂浮垃圾对保护水生生态系统和防止环境污染至关重要。本文提出一种多机器人空中软机械臂系统,用于漂浮垃圾收集,充分利用了空中机器人的能力。该系统由两架空中机器人通过柔性绳索连接,采用基于钩子的工具捕获漂浮垃圾。相比单架无人机方案,双无人机设计提升了载荷能力和飞行续航时间,同时降低了操作点(绳索中点)的下洗效应。此外,我们采用基于优化的绳形规划器计算理想绳索形状,该规划器具备自适应行为:在靠近垃圾时最大化抓取能力,远离时最小化绳索张力。计算出的绳形轨迹由形状视觉伺服控制器控制,将绳索近似为抛物线。整个系统在户外实验中验证成功完成抓取操作。消融实验证明,规划器的自适应机制显著提升了任务成功率。此外,在真实水道测试中也证实了该系统在漂浮垃圾收集方面的有效性。这些结果展示了空中机器人在水体环境中自主清污的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Removing floating litter from water bodies is crucial to preserving aquatic ecosystems and preventing environmental pollution. In this work, we present a multi-robot aerial soft manipulator for floating litter collection, leveraging the capabilities of aerial robots. The proposed system consists of two aerial robots connected by a flexible rope manipulator, which collects floating litter using a hook-based tool. Compared to single-aerial-robot solutions, the use of two aerial robots increases payload capacity and flight endurance while reducing the downwash effect at the manipulation point, located at the midpoint of the rope. Additionally, we employ an optimization-based rope-shape planner to compute the desired rope shape. The planner incorporates an adaptive behavior that maximizes grasping capabilities near the litter while minimizing rope tension when farther away. The computed rope shape trajectory is controlled by a shape visual servoing controller, which approximates the rope as a parabola. The complete system is validated in outdoor experiments, demonstrating successful grasping operations. An ablation study highlights how the planner's adaptive mechanism improves the success rate of the operation. Furthermore, real-world tests in a water channel confirm the effectiveness of our system in floating litter collection. These results demonstrate the potential of aerial robots for autonomous litter removal in aquatic environments.

无人机软体机械臂垃圾清理

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