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Explore cooperative dual-quadrotor systems for payload manipulation in this 10-minute conference talk from JuliaCon Global 2025. Learn how to develop controlled aerial payload transportation systems using Julia's ecosystem, building upon previous cooperative rendezvous concepts to achieve stable manipulation along predefined trajectories. Discover system modeling techniques using ModelingToolkit.jl and Multibody.jl to create rigidly linked components including quadrotors, cables, and payloads. Master control law implementation through custom geometric controllers in AerialVehicles.jl, assuming globally known payload center of mass states. Understand trajectory synthesis methods using DyadControlSystems.jl to generate polynomial trajectories similar to acrobatic maneuvers. Examine practical applications across logistics for accessing difficult environments, construction for material placement in hazardous sites, emergency response for rapid supply delivery to disaster areas, and research platforms for studying aerial robotics and cooperative control systems including emergent behavior, decentralized control, and autonomous operations.
