Aerial and ground locomotion of winged drones powered by a single actuator
Won Dong Shin, Hoang-Vu Phan, Simon L. Jeger, Tristan Bonato, Auke J. Ijspeert, Dario Floreano · 2026
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Description
Won Dong Shin, with five colleagues, presents a 2026 winged drone that flies and crawls on a single motor. Drones that both fly and move on land can reach more places, yet most carry many motors that add weight and complexity. Ground movement in such designs also tends to stay weak.
One actuator drives this drone, through a new transmission that can flip its spin direction. That flip switches the craft between modes: rolling on the ground, jumping up, and taking flight. The same single drive thus covers land travel, air travel, and the passage between them. Cutting motors trims mass, which stretches working range. The authors frame the design as a lean path to multimodal robots for mixed terrain. Tests back each mode in turn.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Won Dong Shin, Hoang-Vu Phan, Simon L. Jeger, Tristan Bonato, Auke J. Ijspeert, Dario Floreano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |