Remotely deployable aerial inspection using tactile sensors

Macleod, C. N.; Cao, J.; Pierce, S. G.; Sullivan, J. C.; Pipe, A. G.; Dobie, G.; Summan, R.

doi:10.1063/1.4865052

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