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Metamorphic aerial robot capable of mid-air shape morphing for rapid perching by Zheng, Peter, Xiao, Feng, Nguyen, Pham Huy, Farinha, Andre, Kovac, Mirko

“…Aerial robots can perch onto structures at heights to reduce energy use or to remain firmly in place when interacting with their surroundings. Like how birds…”
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TiltDrone: A Fully-Actuated Tilting Quadrotor Platform by Zheng, Peter, Tan, Xinkai, Kocer, Basaran Bahadir, Yang, Erdeng, Kovac, Mirko

“…Multi-directional aerial platforms can fly in almost any orientation and direction, often maneuvering in ways their underactuated counterparts cannot match. A…”
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Anchoring like octopus: biologically inspired soft artificial sucker by Sareh, Sina, Althoefer, Kaspar, Li, Min, Noh, Yohan, Tramacere, Francesca, Sareh, Pooya, Mazzolai, Barbara, Kovac, Mirko

“…This paper presents a robotic anchoring module, a sensorized mechanism for attachment to the environment that can be integrated into robots to enable or…”
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Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces by Li, Lei, Wang, Siqi, Zhang, Yiyuan, Song, Shanyuan, Wang, Chuqian, Tan, Shaochang, Zhao, Wei, Wang, Gang, Sun, Wenguang, Yang, Fuqiang, Liu, Jiaqi, Chen, Bohan, Xu, Haoyuan, Nguyen, Pham, Kovac, Mirko, Wen, Li

“…Many real-world applications for robots-such as long-term aerial and underwater observation, cross-medium operations, and marine life surveys-require robots…”
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Fully autonomous micro air vehicle flight and landing on a moving target using visual–inertial estimation and model‐predictive control by Tzoumanikas, Dimos, Li, Wenbin, Grimm, Marius, Zhang, Ketao, Kovac, Mirko, Leutenegger, Stefan

“…The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) held in spring 2017 was a very successful competition well attended by teams from all over the…”
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Deposition dynamics and analysis of polyurethane foam structure boundaries for aerial additive manufacturing by Dams, Barrie, Orr, Lachlan, Kaya, Yusuf Furkan, Kocer, Basaran Bahadir, Shepherd, Paul, Kovac, Mirko, Ball, Richard J.

“…ABSTRACTAdditive manufacturing in construction typically consists of ground-based platforms. Introducing aerial capabilities offers scope to create or repair…”
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Use of an unmanned aerial‐aquatic vehicle for acoustic sensing in freshwater ecosystems by Lawson, Jenna, Farinha, Andre, Romanello, Luca, Pang, Oscar, Zufferey, Raphael, Kovac, Mirko

“…Freshwater ecosystems are endangered, underfunded and understudied, making new methods such as passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) essential for improving the…”
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Perspectives on biologically inspired hybrid and multi-modal locomotion by Low, K H, Hu, Tianjiang, Mohammed, Samer, Tangorra, James, Kovac, Mirko

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Fresh properties and autonomous deposition of pseudoplastic cementitious mortars for aerial additive manufacturing by Dams, Barrie, Chen, Binling, Kaya, Yusuf Furkan, Orr, Lachlan, Kocer, Basaran Bahadir, Shepherd, Paul, Kovac, Mirko, Ball, Richard J

“…Additive Manufacturing (AM) in relation to the construction industry is an emerging technology. However, ground-based AM on construction scales may be limited…”
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Use of Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Performance Enhancement of Aerial–Aquatic Vehicles by Gortat, Daniel, Ancel, Alejandro Ortega, Farinha, Andre, Zufferey, Raphael, Kovac, Mirko

“…Aerial–aquatic robotic vehicles show great potential in assisting in disaster response and environmental monitoring. However, to undertake these missions, they…”
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Off-shore and underwater sampling of aquatic environments with the aerial-aquatic drone MEDUSA by Farinha, André Tristany, di Tria, Julien, Reyes, Marta, Rosas, Constanca, Pang, Oscar, Zufferey, Raphael, Pomati, Francesco, Kovac, Mirko

“…Monitoring of aquatic habitats for water quality and biodiversity requires regular sampling, often in off-shore locations and underwater. Such sampling is…”
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Undulatory Swimming Performance Explored With a Biorobotic Fish and Measured by Soft Sensors and Particle Image Velocimetry by Schwab, Fabian, Wiesemüller, Fabian, Mucignat, Claudio, Park, Yong-Lae, Lunati, Ivan, Kovac, Mirko, Jusufi, Ardian

“…Due to the difficulty of manipulating muscle activation in live, freely swimming fish, a thorough examination of the body kinematics, propulsive performance,…”
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Learning from nature how to land aerial robots by Kovac, Mirko

“…Smaller robots can use mechanical intelligence to simplify the task of perching on a target One of the main challenges for aerial robots is the high-energy…”
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Skills for physical artificial intelligence by Miriyev, Aslan, Kovač, Mirko

“…Synthesizing robots via physical artificial intelligence is a multidisciplinary challenge for future robotics research. An education methodology is needed for…”
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Fast Aquatic Escape With a Jet Thruster by Siddall, Robert, Kovac, Mirko

“…The ability to collect water samples rapidly with aerial-aquatic robots would increase the safety and efficiency of water health monitoring and allow water…”
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Wind and water tunnel testing of a morphing aquatic micro air vehicle by Siddall, Robert, Ortega Ancel, Alejandro, Kovač, Mirko

“…Aerial robots capable of locomotion in both air and water would enable novel mission profiles in complex environments, such as water sampling after floods or…”
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Beyond Schrödinger's cat Furry Logic The Physics of Animal Life Matin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017. 312 pp by Kovac, Mirko

“…A physics-focused tour of the animal kingdom offers inspiration for engineers and roboticists According to traditional flight physics, bees should not be able…”
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Beyond Schrödinger’s cat by Kovac, Mirko

“…According to traditional flight physics, bees should not be able to fly. But fly they do, with mastery of non- steady state aerodynamics and little concern…”
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Steerable miniature jumping robot by Kovač, Mirko, Schlegel, Manuel, Zufferey, Jean-Christophe, Floreano, Dario

“…Jumping is used in nature by many small animals to locomote in cluttered environments or in rough terrain. It offers small systems the benefit of overcoming…”
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Mechanized creatures by Sareh, Pooya, Kovac, Mirko

“…For at least five centuries, humans have been dreaming up intelligent ro­bots to do our bidding: from perform­ing mundane tasks to completing difficult or…”
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