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Item Open Access Novel Reconfigurable Delta Robot Dual-Functioning as Adaptive Landing Gear and Manipulator(2019-07-02) Arns, Moritz; Zhang, DanIn this work a novel dual-functioning rotorcraft undercarriage is developed. The design is a reconfigurable delta robot which allows for transformation between Adaptive Landing Gear for vertical take-off and landing and 3DOF Aerial Manipulation mode. To reconfigure between operation modes without reaching singularities, a guideline to find a singularity-free geometry is presented. An adaptive landing control was developed and validated on a test-stand. For the 3DOF manipulation of the delta-structure, a third-order smooth trajectory was presented and integrated. The prototype, also depicted in the accompanying video, is then presented in free flight experiments demonstrating the advantages of the dual-functioning system.