BogieCopter: A Multi-Modal Aerial-Ground Vehicle for Long-Endurance Inspection Applications

Abstract-- The use of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) for inspection and surveillance missions has proved to be extremely useful, however, their usability is negatively impacted by the large power requirements and the limited operating time. This work describes the design and development of a novel hybrid aerial-ground vehicle, enabling multi-modal mobility and long operating time, suitable for long-endurance inspection and monitoring applications. The vehicle's performance is evaluated To the best of our knowledge, this is the most complete review of research available for multimodal During the last decade, Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) aerial-ground vehicles. This work aims at addressing have received a great deal of attention, both academically and some of the limitations in prior designs, by exploiting the commercially, due to their ability to quickly reach areas of strengths of both active and passive solutions offered for the interest, overcome obstacles, and provide an elevated view of ground actuation mechanism, while taking into consideration the environment. The applications in which MAVs are used a generous payload required for most industrial applications.