Publications by Jean-Daniel Nicoud

A 1.5g SMA-actuated Microglider looking for the Light

Dario Floreano, André Guignard, Mirko Kovac, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Jean-Daniel Nicoud

Unpowered flight can be used in microrobotics to overcome ground obstacles and to increase the traveling distance per energy unit. In order to explore the potential of goal-directed gliding in the domain of miniature robotics, we developed a 22cm microglid ...

Ieee Service Center2007

A 10-gram Vision-based Flying Robot

Dario Floreano, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Antoine Beyeler, Adam Klaptocz

We aim at developing ultralight autonomous microflyers capable of freely flying within houses or small built environments while avoiding collisions. Our latest prototype is a fixed-wing aircraft weighing a mere 10 g, flying around 1.5 m/s and carrying the ...

2007

A 10-gram Microflyer for Vision-based Indoor Navigation

Dario Floreano, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Antoine Beyeler, Adam Klaptocz

We aim at developing ultralight autonomous microflyers capable of navigating within houses or small built environments. Our latest prototype is a fixed-wing aircraft weighing a mere 10 g, flying around 1.5 m/s and carrying the necessary electronics for air ...

IEEE2006

From Wheels to Wings with Evolutionary Spiking Neurons

Dario Floreano, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Jean-Daniel Nicoud

We give an overview of the EPFL indoor flying project, whose goal is to evolve neural controllers for autonomous, adaptive, indoor micro-flyers. Indoor flight is still a challenge because it requires miniaturization, energy efficiency, and control of non-l ...

2005

Algorithmes et systèmes logiques spécialisés pour la conversion de code

Jean-Daniel Nicoud

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