Avian-Inspired Graspers for Flying Robots


This completely passive mechanism allows a quadrotor to perch, using only the weight of the quadrotor to grip the perch. The method is inspired by a tendon that allows birds to sleep while perching. More detail can be found in the paper "Avian-Inspired Passive Perching Mechanism for Robotic Rotorcraft," which can be found on the Utah Telerobotics Lab web page.