Investigation of the Magnus Effect on the Bubblebot

Dijkman, Luuk (2025) Investigation of the Magnus Effect on the Bubblebot. Student thesis, University of Twente.

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Abstract

The primary task is to experimentally measure how much lift the Bubble-Bot generates through the Magnus effect. This task will be broken down as follows: Measure lift of the Bubble-Bot without Bubble 1. Integrate a flight controller into a 1:1 Bubble-Bot prototype 2. Test flight controller in flight 3. Optimize a flight controller for Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) and Hovering 4. Measure generated lift 5. Report your findings into a report 6. Familiarize yourself with the theory of the Magnus effect 7. Attach bubble into an existing test rig 8. Report your findings as a final report

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/221511/

Document Type:

Thesis (Student thesis)

Title:

Investigation of the Magnus Effect on the Bubblebot

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Dijkman, Luuk	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

DLR Supervisors:

Contribution	DLR Supervisor	Institution or E-Mail	DLR Supervisor's ORCID iD
Thesis advisor	Neves, Miguel	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Thesis advisor	Weber, Patrick	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

December 2025

Open Access:

Number of Pages:

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Bubble-bot Magnus Effect

Institution:

University of Twente

Department:

Robotics and Mechatronics Research Group, Electrical Engineering

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Robotics

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R RO - Robotics

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Basic technologies

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics (since 2013) > Mechatronic Systems

Deposited By:

Neves, Miguel

Deposited On:

14 Jan 2026 11:01

Last Modified:

14 Jan 2026 11:01

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