Friction-anchor
interaction
Uses friction at the surface to support part of the robot’s load.
Volar Robotics
Enabling
tactile interaction
in the sky.
Aerial robots for controlled contact.
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Recognizeduniversity start-up
The technology
Two pillars.
One platform.
Friction-anchor
Soft-optical
tactile sensing
Reads a soft sensor’s deformation to estimate contact force and surface orientation.
Contact flight demonstrated in the laboratory.
Meet the projectsThe research
From contact flight to inspection.
SOAR-Touch
Laboratory experiments
Combining friction-anchor interaction and soft-optical tactile sensing in contact-flight experiments.
Demonstrated in controlled laboratory conditions.
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euROBIN · Sapienza & University of Twente
Next application
SOAR-NDT
In development
Developing a tactile aerial tool for non-destructive thickness inspection of steel.
Integrated tool and measurement quality still to be validated.
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AUTOASSESS
The company
The people
behind Volar.
Simone Orelli
Co-founder
Antonio Rapuano
Co-founder
Recognized university start-up
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Via Ariosto 2500185 Roma, Italy