Autonomous Flying Robots Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles /

• Main Authors: Nonami, Kenzo (Author), Kendoul, Farid (Author), Suzuki, Satoshi (Author), Wang, Wei (Author), Nakazawa, Daisuke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer hardware.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computer Hardware.

The advance in robotics has boosted the application of autonomous vehicles to perform tedious and risky tasks or to be cost-effective substitutes for their - man counterparts. Based on their working environment, a rough classi cation of the autonomous vehicles would include unmanned aerial vehicles...

Table of Contents:

• Modeling and Control of Small and Mini Rotorcraft UAVs
• Fundamental Modeling and Control of Small and Miniature Unmanned Helicopters
• Autonomous Control of a Mini Quadrotor Vehicle Using LQG Controllers
• Development of Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Design, Modeling, and Control
• Linearization and Identification of Helicopter Model for Hierarchical Control Design
• Advanced Flight Control Systems for Rotorcraft UAVs and MAVs
• Analysis of the Autorotation Maneuver in Small-Scale Helicopters and Application for Emergency Landing
• Autonomous Acrobatic Flight Based on Feedforward Sequence Control for Small Unmanned Helicopter
• Mathematical Modeling and Nonlinear Control of VTOL Aerial Vehicles
• Formation Flight Control of Multiple Small Autonomous Helicopters Using Predictive Control
• Guidance and Navigation of Short-Range UAVs
• Guidance and Navigation Systems for Small Aerial Robots
• Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Attitude Quaternion Sensor
• Vision-Based Navigation and Visual Servoing of Mini Flying Machines
• Autonomous Indoor Flight and Precise Automated-Landing Using Infrared and Ultrasonic Sensors.