Multiple Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ollero, Aníbal (Editor), Maza, Iván (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 37
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; System theory.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Systems Theory, Control.

Aerial robots can be considered as an evolution of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This book provides a quite complete overview of issues related to aerial robotics, addressing problems ranging from flight control to terrain perception and mission planning and execution. The major challenges an...

Table of Contents:

• Decision Making in Multi-UAVs Systems: Architecture and Algorithms
• Communication
• Multi-UAV Cooperative Perception Techniques
• Autonomous Helicopters
• Airship Control
• Teleoperation Tools
• Multi-UAV Experiments: Application to Forest Fires
• Conclusions and Future Directions.