Treecreeper Drone: Adaptive Mechanism for Passive Tree Trunk Perching

Abstract

Treecreeper Drone

Taking inspiration from treecreepers, Haichuan Li, Shane Windsor, and Basaran Bahadir Kocer present in article number 2401101 a passively triggered aerial robot that can reliably perch on vertical tree trunks. The friction-based approach combines a microspine array with a tail-like support, then validated via dynamic analyses and flight experiments, ensuring stable performance across trunk diameters and bark textures, suited for prolonged forest monitoring tasks.