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       Between Sea and Sky: Aerial Aquatic Locomotion in Miniature Robots
       Authors: Raphael Zufferey, Robert Siddall, Sophie F. Armanini, Mirko Kovac

Journal Articles

  1. Siddall, R, Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Zhang, K, Sareh, S and Sergeev, E, "The Natural Robotics Contest: crowdsourced biomimetic design", Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18(3), 2023.

  2. Helmchen, F, Armanini, SF and Hupfer, "A Framework to Elaborate on the Requirements for Electrified Commuter and Regional Aircraft", A, Aerospace 10 (4), 2023.
     

  3. Broers, KCV and Armanini, SF, “Design and testing of a bioinspired lightweight perching mechanism for flapping-wing MAVs using soft grippers”, Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(3),2022.

  4. Farinha, A, Zufferey, R, Zheng, P, Armanini, SF and Kovac, M, “Aerial sensor placement for cluttered environments”, Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(4), 2020.
     
  5. Debruyn, D, Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Winston, C, Farinha, A, Jin, Y and Kovac, M, “MEDUSA: a multi-environment dual-robot for underwater sample acquisition”, Robotics and Automation Letters,  5(3), 2020.
     
  6. Zufferey, R, Ortega Ancel, A, Farinha, A, Siddall, R, Armanini, SF, Nasr, M, Brahmal, RV, Kennedy, G and Kovac, M, “Consecutive aquatic jump-gliding with water-reactive fuel”, Science Robotics, 4(34), 2019.
     
  7. Zufferey, R, Ortega Ancel, A, Raposo, C, Armanini, SF, Farinha, A, Siddall, R, Berasaluce, I, Zhu, H and Kovac, M, “SailMAV: design and implementation of a novel multi-modal flying sailing robot”, Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(3), 2019.
     
  8. Armanini, SF, Caetano, JV, de Visser, CC, Pavel, MD, de Croon, GCHE and Mulder, M, “Modelling wing wake and tail aerodynamics of a flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle”, Int. J. Micro Air Vehicles, 11(1), 2019.
     
  9. Armanini, SF, Karásek, M and de Visser, CC, “Global linear parameter-varying model identification of flapping-wing dynamics using flight data”, J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 41(11), 2018.
     
  10. Armanini, SF, Karásek, M, de Croon, GCHE and de Visser, CC, “Onboard/ offboard sensor fusion for high-fidelity flapping-wing robot flight data”, J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 40(8), 2017.
     
  11. Armanini, SF, Caetano, JV, de Croon, GCHE, de Visser, CC and Mulder, M, “Quasi-steady aerodynamic model of clap-and-fling flapping MAV and validation with free-flight data”, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 11(4), 2016.
     
  12. Armanini, SF, de Visser, CC, de Croon, GCHE and Mulder, M, “Time-varying model identification of flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle dynamics using flight data”, J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 39(3), 2016.
     
  13. Armanini, SF, Polak, M, Gautrey, JE, Lucas, A and Whidborne, JF, “Decision-making for unmanned aerial vehicle operation in icing conditions”, CEAS Aeronautical J., 7(4), 2016.

 

Conference Proceedings

  1. Meyer-Oehme, T,Ginnell, K, Lampl, DE, Armanini, SF, "Landing Framework and Control for EVTOL Aircraft in Urban Environments", AIAA SciTech, National Harbor MD, USA, 2023
     
  2. Pricker, I and Armanini, SF, "Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Tailsitter Tiltrotor MAV", AIAA SciTech, National Harbor MD, USA, 2023
     
  3. Anand, K, Dash, SM and Armanini, SF, “A numerical study of 3D flapping dragonfly wings with optimized input kinematics for hovering and forward flight”, APS Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, USA, 2022
     
  4. Broers, KCV and Armanini, SF, “Design and testing of a bioinspired lightweight perching mechanism for flapping-wing MAVs using soft grippers”, IEEE Int. Conf. Intell. Robots Syst. (IROS), Kyoto, Japan, 2022
     
  5. Helmchen, F, Hupfer, A and Armanini, SF, “External requirements for electrified commuter aircraft”, DLRK, Dresden, Germany, 2022
     
  6. Panchal, I, Metz, IC, Ribeiro, M and Armanini, SF, “Urban air traffic management for collision avoidance with uncooperative airspace users”, ICAS, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
     
  7. Devta, A, Metz, IC and Armanini, SF, “Quantification of the potential consequences of collisions with uncooperative air traffic participants in urban airspace”, ICAS, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
     
  8. Martinez-Ponce, J, Urban, C, Armanini, SF, Agarwal, RK and Hassanalian, M, “Aerodynamic Analysis of V-Shaped Flight Formation of Flapping-Wing Drones: Analytical and Experimental Studies”, AIAA SciTech Conf., San Diego CA, USA 2022
     
  9. Farinha, A, Di Tria, J, Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Kovac, M, “Challenges in Control and Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial-Aquatic Vehicles”, 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2021
     
  10. Farinha, A, Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Zheng, P and Kovac, M, “Aerial sensor placement for cluttered environments”, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, USA, 2020 
     
  11. Debruyn, D, Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Winston, C, Farinha, A, Jin, Y and Kovac, M, “MEDUSA: a multi-environment dual-robot for underwater sample acquisition”, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, USA, 2020
     
  12. Nijboer, JBW, Armanini, SF, Karásek, M, and de Visser, CC, “Longitudinal grey-box model identification of a tailless flapping-wing MAV based on free-flight data”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., Orlando FL, USA, 2020
     
  13. Zufferey, R, Ortega Ancel, A, Raposo, C, Armanini, SF, Farinha, A, Siddall, R, Berasaluce, I, Zhu, H and Kovac, M, “SailMAV: design and implementation of a novel multi-modal flying sailing robot”, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, 2019
     
  14. Zufferey, R, Armanini, SF, Farinha, A and Kovac, M, “Adaptive morphology in aerial-aquatic robots”, Int. Symp. Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019 (short paper + poster, best poster award).
     
  15. Armanini, SF, Siddall, RJD and Kovac, M, “Modelling and simulation of a bioinspired aquatic micro aerial vehicle”, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conf., Dallas TX, USA, 2019
     
  16. Goedhart, MG, van Kampen, E-J, Armanini, SF, de Visser, CC and Chu, QP, “Machine learning for flapping-wing flight control”, AIAA Intelligent Systems Conf., Kissimmee FL, USA, 2018
     
  17. Armanini, SF, Karásek, M and de Visser, CC, “Global LPV model identification for flapping-wing dynamics using flight data”, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conf., Kissimmee FL, USA, 2018
     
  18. Rijks, FGJ, Karásek, M, Armanini, SF and de Visser, CC, “Studying the effect of the tail on the dynamics of a flapping-wing MAV using free-flight data”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., Kissimmee FL, USA, 2018
     
  19. Caetano, JV, Armanini, SF and Karásek, M, “In-flight data acquisition and flight testing for system identification of flapping-wing MAVs”, IEEE Int. Conf. Unmanned Air Systems, Miami FL, USA, 2017
     
  20. Armanini, SF, Caetano, JV, de Visser, CC and de Croon, GCHE, “Modelling tail-wake interaction of a clap-and-peel flapping-wing MAV”, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conf., Grapevine TX, USA, 2017
     
  21. Armanini, SF, Karásek, M, de Visser, CC, de Croon, GCHE, and Mulder, M, “Flight testing and preliminary analysis for global system identification of ornithopter dynamics using on-board and off-board data”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., Grapevine TX, USA, 2017
     
  22. Karásek, M, Koopmans, AJ, Armanini, SF, Remes, BDW and de Croon, GCHE, “Free flight force estimation of a 23.5g flapping wing MAV using an on-board IMU”, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Deajeon, Korea, 2016
     
  23. Armanini, SF, de Visser, CC, de Croon, GCHE and Mulder, M, “A time-scale separation approach for time-varying model identification of a flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., San Diego, USA, 2016
     
  24. Armanini, SF, Caetano, JV, de Visser, CC, de Croon, GCHE and Mulder, M, “Aerodynamic model identification of a clap-and-fling flapping-wing MAV: a comparison between quasi-steady and black-box approaches”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., San Diego, USA, 2016
     
  25. Caetano, JV, Armanini, SF, de Visser, CC, de Croon, GCHE and Mulder, M, “Data-informed quasi-steady aerodynamic model identification of a clap-and-fling flapping-wing MAV”, Int. Conf. Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Bali, Indonesia, 2015 (best paper award).
     
  26. Armanini, SF, Polak, M, Gautrey, JE, Lucas, A and Whidborne, JF “Decision-making for unmanned flight in icing conditions”, CEAS Air & Space Conf., Delft, The Netherlands, 2015
     
  27. Lucas, A, Whidborne, JF and Armanini, SF, “The challenge- UAS operations in known icing conditions”. AAUS Conf., Avalon, Australia, 2015
     
  28. Armanini, SF, de Visser, CC and de Croon, GCHE, “Black-box LTI modelling of flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle dynamics”, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conf., Kissimmee FL, USA, 2015
     
  29. Armanini, SF, Verboom, JL, de Croon, GCHE and de Visser, CC, “Determination of trim curves for flapping-wing MAVs”, Int. Micro Air Vehicles Conf., Delft, The Netherlands, 2014
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