As part of the project to enable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) to use Tools in Complex Dynamic Environments, the Drone Technology Research Group has successfully cut branches with the demonstrator aircraft. This aircraft is the result of the optimisation process developed by PhD student Salim Al-zubaidi, and is validating his models as it progresses through its test programme. In this demonstration, the aircraft is being flown manually, with work in progress for testing other types of physical contact and integrating the vision system developed by the University of Canterbury to enable autonomous cuts.
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This project is led by the University of Canterbury, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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