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ArticleNature communications2025

Machine learning-based framework for wall-perching prediction of flying robot.

Yunian Shen, Chenxi Mao, Zeyu Qi, Kunpeng Liu, Weixu Zhang, An Cao

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yunian Shen *Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China. yunianshen@njust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-7588
Chenxi Mao *Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Zeyu QiDepartment of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Kunpeng LiuDepartment of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Weixu ZhangDepartment of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.
An CaoDepartment of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.

Funding

Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (Aeronautic Science Foundation of China) 2024M058059002Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation) BK20221484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to the diverse landing solutions that the animals have in nature, human-made aircraft struggle when it comes to perching on vertical walls. However, traditional dynamic simulations and experiments lack the high efficiency required to analyze the perching and design the robot. This paper develops an efficient machine learning framework to predict vertical-wall perching success for flying robots with spines, overcoming traditional methods' inefficiency. A validated knowledge-based model computes the robot's transient dynamics during high-speed perching, identifying key success factors. By training the mixed sample data, a data-driven model has been proposed to predict the success or failure of an arbitrary perching event. Here, we show that this high-precision prediction optimizes robot control and structural parameters, ensuring stable perching while drastically reducing the time and cost of conventional design approaches, advancing the flying robot capabilities.

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