Flying Robots
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Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa: Autonomous Flying Robots: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles, Springer, 2010, 340p. Contents:
- Intro
- Fundamental Modeling and Control of Small and Miniature Unmanned Helicopters
- Autonomous Control of a Mini Quadrotor Vehicle
- Development of Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) UAV: Design, Modeling, and Control
- Linerarization and Identification of Helicopter Model for Heirarchical Control Design
- Analysis of the Autorotation Meneuver 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 Autnomous Helicopters Using Predictive Control
- Guidance and Naviation Systems for Small Aerial Robots
- Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Attitude
- Vision-Based Navigation and Visual Servoing of Mini Flying Machines
- Autonomous Indoor Flight and Precise Automated-Landing Using Infrared and Ultrasonic Sensors
Jean-Christophe Zufferey: Bio-inspired Flying Robots: Experimental Synthesis of Autonomous Indoor Flyers (Engineering Sciencs: Microtechnology), EFPL Press, 2008, 250p. Contents:
- Intro
- Related Work
- Flying Insects
- Robotic Platforms (wheeled robot, blimp, indoor airplains, comparison)
- Optic Flow
- OF-based Control Strategies
- Evolved Control Strategies
- Concluding Remarks
Dario Floreano, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Charlie Ellington (Editors) Flying Insects and Robots, Springer, 2009, 328 pages Contents:
- 21 scientific papers on flying robots
Bernard Mettler: Identification Modeling and Characteristics of Miniature Rotorcraft, Springer, 2002/2010, 242p. Contents:
- Motivation and Background
- Frequency Response System Identification
- Development of the Identification Model
- Identification of the Model
- Characteristics of Small-Scale Rotorcraft
- Elements of Control Design
- Results, Milestones, and Future dirs in Aerial Robotics
Kimon P. Valavanis (ed): Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering), Springer, 2007, 543p.
- Intro
- Historical perspective on UAV
- Airplane Basic Equations of Motion and Open-Loop Dynamics
- Control Fundamentals of Small/Miniature Helicopters: A Survey
- A Tutorial Approach to Small Unmanned Helicopter Controller Design for Non-agressive Flights
- Design and Control of a Miniature Quadrotor
- Obstacle and Terrain Avoidance for Miniature Aerial Vehicles
- Vision Based Navigation and Target Tracking for UAV
- Single and Multi-UAV Relative Position Estimation Based on NAtural Landmarks
- Evolutionary Algorithm Based Path Planning for Multiple UAV Cooperation
- Robust Nonlinear Observers for Attitude Estimation of Mini UAVs
- Autonomous Solar UAV for Sustainable Flights
- The Integration of a Multimodal MAV and Biomimetic Sensing for Autonomous Flights in Near-Earth Environments
- Dynamic Localization of Air-Ground Wireless Sensor Networks
- Decentralized Formation Tracking of Multi-Vehicle Systems with Consensus-Based Controllers
- "HW in the Loop" Tuning for a Volcanic Gas Sampling UAV
- A Modular On-board Processing System for Small Unmanned Vehicles
- Conclusions and Road Ahead
Plamen Angelov: Sense and Avoid in UAS: Research and Applications (Aerospace Series), Wiley, 2012, 384p. Contents:
- Intro
- Performance Tredeoffs and the Development of Standards
- Integration of SAA Capabilities uinto a UAS Distributed Architecture for Civil Applications
- Regulations and Requirements
- Human Factors in UAV
- Sense and Avoid Concepts: Vehicle-Based SAA Systems (Vehicle-to-Vehicle)
- UAS Conflict Detection and Resolution Using Differential Geometry Concepts
- Aircraft Separation Management Using Common Information Network SAA
- AgentFly: Scalable, High-Fidelity Framework for Simulation, Planning and Collision Avoidance of Multiple UAVs
- See and Avoid Using Onboard Computer Vision
- The Use of Low-Cost Mobile Radar Systems for Small UAS Sense and Avoid
T. Mueller (ed.): Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics), AIAA, 2001, 605p. Contents:
- Overview of Micro Air Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Higher-Order Boundary Layer Formulation and Application to Low Reynolds Number Flows
- Analysis and Design of Airfoils for Use at Ultra-Low Reynolds Numbers
- Adaptive, Unstructured Meshes for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations for Low-Chord-Reynolds-Number Flows
- Wind Tunnel Tests of Wings and Rings at Low Reynolds Numbers
- Effects of Acoustic Disturbances on Low Aerofoil Re Flows
- Aerodynamic Characteristics of Low Aspect Ratio Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers
- Systematic Airfoil Design Studies at Low Reynolds Numbers
- Numerical Optimization and Wind-Tunnel Testing of Low Reynolds Number Airfoils
- Unsteady Stalling Characteristics of Thin Airfoils at Low Reynolds Number
- Thrust and Drag in Flying Birds: Applications to Birdlike Micro Air Vehicles
- Lift and Drag Characteristics of Rotary and Flapping Wings
- A Rational Engineering Analysis of the Efficiency of Flapping Flight
- Leading-Edge Vortices of Flapping and Rotary Wings at Low Reynolds Number
- On the Flowfield and Forces Generated by a Flapping Rectangular Wing at Low Reynolds Number
- Experimental and Computational Investigation of Flapping Wing Propulsion for Micro Air Vehicles
- Aerodynamic Characteristics of Wings at Low Reynolds Number
- A nonlinear Aeroelastic Model for the Study of Flapping Wing Flight
- Euler Solution s for a Finite-Span Flapping Wing
- From Soaring and Flapping Bird Flight to Innovative Wing and Propeller Constructions
- Passive Aeroelastic Tailoring for Optimal Flapping Wings
- Shape Memory Alloy Actuators as Locomotor Muscles
- Mesoscale Flight and Miniature Rotorcraft Development
- Development of the Black Widow Micro Air Vehicle
- Computation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Micro Air Vehicle
- Optic Flow Sensors for MAV Navigation
Kimon P. Valavanis, Paul Oh, Les A. Piegl (Eds): Unmanned Aircraft Systems: International Symposium On Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV'08, Springer, 2009, 552p.
Richard K. Barnhart, Stephen B. Hottman, Douglas M. Marshall J.D., Eric Shappee (Eds): Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, CRC Press, 2011, 233p. Contents:
- History
- UAS Elements
- US Aviation Regulatory Systems
- Certificate of Authorization Process
- UAS Operations
- UAS for Geospatial Data
- Automation and Autnomy in UAS
- Safety Assessments
- Detect, Sense, and Avoid
- Sensors and Payloads
- Human Factors in UAS
- The Future of UAS
Jay Gundlach: Designing Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Comprehensive Approach (Aiaa Education Series), Amer Inst of Aeronautics, 2011, 805p.
Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain: Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice, Princeton University Press, 2012, 230p. Contents:
- Intro
- Coordinate Frames
- Kinematics and Dynamics
- Forces and Moments
- Linear Design Models
- Autopilot Design Using Successive Loop Closure
- Sensors for MAVs
- State Estimation
- Design Models for Guidance
- Straight-line and Orbit Following
- Path Manager
- Path Planning
- Vision-guided Navigation
- Appendices: notation, quaternions, animations and modeling in simulink, airframe params, trim and linearization in simulink, essentials from probability theory, sensor params
