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“Multicopters are on the rise and redefine agility and maneuverability in the air. We want to take this further and free it from any restrictions.”

NEWS

OUR GOAL

Our goal is to design a Hexacopter that can hover in any orientation in the air by decoupling its position and its orientation completely.
This gives the System the ability to perform acrobatic maneuvers which opens up a world of new possible applications.

OUR CONCEPT

Within 9 months we developed a Hexacopter with 6 individually tiltable axes that allow flight maneuvers which you could not even think of before.

FUTURE FEATURES

rolling on ground

rolling on ground

We want to use a large sphere in the center of VOLIRO to make it roll omnidirectionally on the ground.
driving at the wall

driving at the wall

By being able to move the system in any direction it will be possible to drive parallel at the wall.
acrobatic maneuvers

acrobatic maneuvers

The goal is to fly stable in any configuration in the air, due to our 12 degrees of freedom.
intuitive user control

intuitive user control

The goal is to control all 6 DOF’s intuitively by moving your hand.
takeoff and landing

takeoff and landing

We are aiming to takeoff and land on 3 tilted rotor units.
vision based features

vision based features

By attaching a stereo camera we are able to scan the environment and follow objects.

MEET THE TEAM

We are an interdisciplinary team of 11 highly motivated students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK).
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Our team consists of 8 mechanical and 1 electrical engineering students, all in the last year of their bachelor studies at ETH, as well as 2 industrial design students from ZHDK.
At ETH we get the unique chance to apply for a “focus project” in the last year of our bachelors. Instead of just having theoretical lectures we have the opportunity to design a complete system from scratch. It is basically a small research group composed of students in their bachelor studies, which try to realize an idea for a product as a “proof of concept” and attempt to push the boundaries of engineering forward.
We as the “Voliro“ focus project are part of the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zürich and aim to create a system which can fly, drive parallel to the wall and on the ground.
Cliff Li

Cliff Li

mechanical engineering student
Team Leader
Sponsoring
Christian Sprecher

Christian Sprecher

mechanical engineering student
System modeling & control
Testing & Tuning
Kevin Schneider

Kevin Schneider

mechanical engineering student
System modeling
Website
Paula Wulkop

Paula Wulkop

mechanical engineering student
CAD
Testing
Kamil Ritz

Kamil Ritz

mechanical engineering student
CAD & Dimensioning
Software & Simulation
Alexis Müller

Alexis Müller

mechanical engineering student
System control
PR
Omar Elkhatib

Omar Elkhatib

mechanical engineering student
Programming
Electronics
Philipp Andermatt

Philipp Andermatt

mechanical engineering student
Electronics
Documentation
Xiao Yang

Xiao Yang

electrical engineering student
Programming
Salem Imadjane

Salem Imadjane

industrial design student
Design
Tymen Goetsch

Tymen Goetsch

industrial design student
Design
We would like to thank a number of people who helped to realize this project. Our work would not have been possible if it had not been for the great support of doctoral students, professors and other experts who shared their profound knowledge and experience with us.
In particular, we would like to thank Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart for giving us the opportunity to conduct this project in his lab.
Furthermore, we are grateful to Dr. Igor Gilitschenski, Dr. Zachary Taylor and Fabio Dubois, our coaches, for keeping us always motivated and their marvelous help in in all departments.
Finally, we are thanking Sebastian Verling and Mina Kamel for their tireless and extremely valuable support throughout the whole project.

PARTNERS

armasuisse W+T is our research partner

Faulhaber supports us with high quality DC Motors

Mecaplex laminates our rotor protections made out of carbon fibre

Carbomill makes the negative Forms for our system for laminating

MAIN SPONSORS

Qualicut cuts out carbon fibre parts for us

Conrad supports us financially

SPONSORS

FPV Racing supports us with electronic parts for the system

Swaytronic supports us with electronic parts, especially batteries

Streetfighters Switzerland supports us with screws in all variants and sizes

Alphacam 3D prints high temperature resistant motor mountings for us

KDE Direct gives us a discount on their high quality brushless motors and helps with technical support

CONTACT US

For any inquiries concerning the project don`t hesitate to contact us by simply using the form to your right.

VOLIRO, CLA E21, Tannenstrasse 3, Zürich
contact`{`at`}`voliro.ch

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Project ATHLAS (adaptive helicopter landing gear) 

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