Hybrid Aerial-Ground Vehicle
UAV Carrying UGV
UGV Carrying UAV
Separate UAV and UGV
Overview
At the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute, I led my group to develop a hybrid aerial-ground vehicle system. I designed and created all the hardware.
The aerial vehicle (UAV) has custom landing gear, which docks with actuated latches on the ground vehicle (UGV).
This allows each individual agent to carry the other: the UGV carries the UAV to save energy, and the UAV carries the UGV for flying over impassable terrain or for tasks that require aerial perspectives.
After the Institute, we conducted additional tests, collected more data, and created a research poster. I presented the poster as the first author at the 2025 MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (10/10 - 10/12).