Summary
This Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award will support research to advance dexterous manipulation by aerial robots in real-world environments to perform tasks, such as close-contact inspection of an inaccessible structure, toggling a switch at an elevated location, or mounting a sensor on a tall radio tower. Existing aerial manipulators can perform inspection, grasping, and assembly at height; however, these systems have been primarily explored in controlled lab settings and rarely operated in the open, especially for tasks that require delicate contact or high precision. Ac
