arXiv:2608.21879cs.RO2026-08

一台可变形无人机,能自适应抓取不同形状货物并穿越狭窄通道。

Vision-Guided Morphing Quadcopter for Multi-Geometry Payload Transport through Narrow Passages

论文配图:Vision-Guided Morphing Quadcopter for Multi-Geometry Payload Transport through Narrow Passages
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  • 用四条可伸缩机械臂+肌腱驱动,单个电机控制同步收放,实现自适应抓握与体型缩小。
  • 在模拟中完成抓取-运输-释放全流程,位置误差小于0.31米,通道通过时体积缩小75%-89.7%。
  • 适合需要多形态负载运输的救援、巡检场景,尤其擅长狭小空间作业。

使用多旋翼无人机进行空中载荷运输极具挑战性,因为载荷几何形状、接触交互、抓取稳定性、飞行控制与窄道穿越能力之间高度耦合。传统专用夹具难以随载荷形状或通道宽度调整抓握轮廓。本文提出一种视觉引导的可变形四旋翼无人机,用于窄道中多几何形状载荷的运输。该平台采用四个兼具着陆支撑与抓取功能的混合式臂腿结构,中心驱动器通过肌腱机构使四臂同步收缩或展开,实现抓取、减小足迹和运输后释放。机载视觉实时估计载荷几何与通道宽度,末端力反馈用于确认抓取接触。在MuJoCo仿真环境中实现了分阶段任务规划、基于PID的飞行稳定控制与形态自适应抓取控制器。实验评估了箱体、圆柱体和球体三种载荷,分别代表平面、曲面滚动与全曲面接触情况。三类测试中,系统均成功完成抓取-运输-释放流程,最大均方根位置误差为0.31米,最终落点误差低于0.18米,紧凑抓握面积为0.09–0.21平方米,足迹缩减率达75.0%–89.7%。结果表明,单电机驱动的可变形四旋翼能自适应不同载荷几何,并在窄道穿越中显著缩小整体尺寸。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Aerial payload transport using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles is challenging because payload geometry, contact interaction, grasp stability, flight control, and narrow-passage traversal are strongly coupled during pickup and transport. Object-specific grippers often cannot adapt their footprint or grasp geometry when the payload shape or passage width changes. This paper presents a vision-guided morphing quadcopter for multi-geometry payload transport through narrow passages. The proposed platform uses four hybrid arm-leg structures that function as both landing supports and grasping members. A centrally placed actuator drives a tendon-based morphing mechanism, enabling all four arms to synchronously retract or expand for object grasping, footprint reduction, and post-transport release. Onboard vision estimates the payload geometry and passage width, while endpoint force feedback is used to confirm grasp contact during payload engagement. A phase-wise mission planner, PID-based flight stabilization, and morphology-adaptive grasp controller are implemented in a MuJoCo simulation environment. The framework is evaluated using box, cylindrical, and spherical payloads, representing flat-faced, rolling-curved, and fully curved contact conditions. Across the three cases, the simulated system completes the pickup-transport-release sequence with a maximum RMS position error of 0.31 m, a final drop-zone error below 0.18 m, a compact grasp footprint of 0.09-0.21 m2, and a footprint reduction of 75.0-89.7 percent. The results demonstrate that a single-actuator morphing quadcopter can adapt its grasp footprint for the transport of payloads with different geometries while reducing its overall footprint for narrow-passage traversal.

无人机可变形智能抓取窄道运输

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