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FireDrone: Multi-Environment Thermally Agnostic Aerial Robot

Hausermann, David
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Bodry, Sam
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Wiesemueller, Fabian
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June 13, 2023
Advanced Intelligent Systems

Deploying robots in extreme environments reduces risks to human lives. However, robot operating conditions are often limited by environmental factors such as extreme temperatures encountered in fire disasters or polar regions. Especially drones face challenges in carrying thermal management systems protecting vital components, due to limited payload capacity compared to ground robots. Herein, a thermally agnostic aerial robot comprising structural thermally insulating material and a phase change material cooling system, inspired by natural thermal regulation principles, is designed, modelled and experimentally validated. Building on the robot development paradigm of physical artificial intelligence, the concurrent development of materials and design enables the creation of novel physiologically adaptive systems. Polyimide aerogel is applied as one of the main structural materials in the drone's design to adapt the robot's structure and properties to extreme temperatures. Glass fiber reinforcement with silica aerogel particles reduces high-temperature shrinkage and pore structure degradation after exposure to high temperatures and most of the composite aerogel features are preserved. A high technology-readiness-level drone prototype, allowing for operation in a broad range of ambient temperatures, is demonstrated. The proposed technology for thermally agnostic drones may unleash the great potential of aerial robotics in multiple industrial and research applications.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/aisy.202300101
Web of Science ID

WOS:001005700600001

Author(s)
Hausermann, David

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Bodry, Sam

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Wiesemueller, Fabian

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Miriyev, Aslan

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Siegrist, Severin

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

fu, fan

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Gaan, Sabyaschi

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Koebel, Matthias M.

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Malfait, Wim J

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

Zhao, Shanyu

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain

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Date Issued

2023-06-13

Publisher

WILEY

Published in
Advanced Intelligent Systems
Volume

5

Issue

9

Article Number

2300101

Subjects

drone

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polyimide aerogel

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quadrotor

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temperature agnostic robot

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thermal insulation

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

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LSR  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Sintratec AG

Heinz Baumgartner AG

Building Energy Materials and Components Laboratory

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February 6, 2025
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