Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology > Robotics > Mobile Robotics

Aerial Vehicles

Edited by: Thanh Mung Lam

ISBN 978-953-7619-41-1, Hard cover, 320 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: January 2009
Subject: Mobile Robotics

This book contains 35 chapters written by experts in developing techniques for making aerial vehicles more intelligent, more reliable, more flexible in use, and safer in operation.It will also serve as an inspiration for further improvement of the design and application of aeral vehicles. The advanced techniques and research described here may also be applicable to other high-tech areas such as robotics, avionics, vetronics, and space.



Table of Contents

  1. Design and Development of a Fly-by-Wireless UAV Platform
    Paulo Carvalhal, Cristina Santos, Manuel Ferreira, Luis Silva and Jose Afonso
    1642 views, 644 downloads
  2. Combining Occupancy Grids with a Polygonal Obstacle World Model for Autonomous Flights
    Franz Andert and Lukas Goormann
    1116 views, 399 downloads
  3. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) for Bio-Inspired Visuo-Motor Control Systems Applied to Micro-Air Vehicles
    Fabrice Aubepart, Julien Serres, Antoine Dilly, Franck Ruffier and Nicolas Franceschini
    1356 views, 563 downloads
  4. Advanced UAV Trajectory Generation: Planning and Guidance
    Antonio Barrientos, Pedro Gutierrez and Julian Colorado
    1242 views, 782 downloads
  5. Modelling and Control Prototyping of Unmanned Helicopters
    Jaime del-Cerro, Antonio Barrientos and Alexander Martinez
    1148 views, 507 downloads
  6. Stabilization of Scale Model Vertical Take-off and Landing Vehicles without Velocity Measurements
    Bertrand Sylvain, Hamel Tarek and Piet-Lahanier Helene
    963 views, 260 downloads
  7. Flight Control System Design Optimisation via Genetic Programming
    Anna Bourmistrova and Sergey Khantsis
    1104 views, 560 downloads
  8. Fly-the-Camera Perspective: Control of a Remotely Operated Quadrotor UAV and Camera Unit
    DongBin Lee; Timothy C. Burg; Darren M. Dawson and Guenther Dorn
    1295 views, 648 downloads
  9. A Flight Strategy for Intelligent Aerial Vehicles Learned from Dragonfly
    Zheng Hu and Xinyan Deng
    980 views, 456 downloads
  10. DC Supply System Detector of UAV
    Qiongjian Fan, Zhong Yang, Jiang Cui and Chunlin Shen
    833 views, 314 downloads
  11. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Flight Using Sliding Mode Disturbance Observers
    Galzi Damien
    918 views, 360 downloads
  12. Autonomous Formation Flight: Design and Experiments
    Yu Gu, Giampiero Campa, Brad Seanor, Srikanth Gururajan and Marcello R. Napolitano
    983 views, 450 downloads
  13. Vibration-Induced PM Noise in Oscillators and Its Suppression
    Archita Hati, Craig Nelson and David Howe
    871 views, 200 downloads
  14. Neural Network Control and Wireless Sensor Network-based Localization of Quadrotor UAV Formations
    Travis Dierks and S. Jagannathan
    1490 views, 454 downloads
  15. Asymmetric Hovering Flapping Flight: a Computational Study
    Jardin Thierry, Farcy Alain and David Laurent
    882 views, 385 downloads
  16. UAV Path Planning in Search Operations
    Farzad Kamrani and Rassul Ayani
    1040 views, 478 downloads
  17. Optimal Circular Flight of Multiple UAVs for Target Tracking in Urban Areas
    Jongrae Kim and Yoonsoo Kim
    922 views, 367 downloads
  18. Stiffness-Force Feedback in UAV Tele-Operation
    T. M. Lam, M. Mulder and M. M. van Paassen
    885 views, 317 downloads
  19. Objectively Optimized Earth Observing Systems
    David John Lary
    1045 views, 344 downloads
  20. Performance Evaluation of an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle Multi-Agent System
    Zhaotong Lian and Abhijit Deshmukh
    884 views, 216 downloads
  21. Forced Landing Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Towards Safer Operations
    Luis Mejias, Daniel Fitzgerald, Pillar Eng and Xi Liu
    1014 views, 423 downloads
  22. Design Considerations for Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    Johan Meyer, Francois du Plessis and Willem Clarke
    1173 views, 748 downloads
  23. Tracking a Moving Target from a Moving Camera with Rotation-Compensated Imagery
    Luiz G. B. Mirisola and Jorge Dias
    951 views, 486 downloads
  24. An Open Architecture for the Integration of UAV Civil Applications
    E. Pastor, C. Barrado, P. Royo, J. Lopez and E. Santamaria
    983 views, 558 downloads
  25. Design, Implement and Testing of a Rotorcraft UAV System
    Juntong Qi, Dalei Song, Lei Dai and Jianda Han
    1003 views, 639 downloads
  26. Attitude and Position Control of a Flapping Micro Aerial Vehicle
    Hala Rifai, Nicolas Marchand and Guylaine Poulin
    890 views, 275 downloads
  27. UAV Trajectory Planning for Static and Dynamic Environments
    Jose J. Ruz, Orlando Arevalo, Gonzalo Pajares and Jesus M. de la Cruz
    1063 views, 362 downloads
  28. Modelling and Identification of Flight Dynamics in Mini-Helicopters Using Neural Networks
    Rodrigo San Martin Munoz, Claudio Rossi and Antonio Barrientos Cruz
    902 views, 335 downloads
  29. An Evasive Maneuvering Algorithm for UAVs in Sense-and-Avoid Situations
    David Hyunchul Shim
    848 views, 419 downloads
  30. UAS Safety in Non-Segregated Airspace
    Alan Simpson, Vicky Brennan and Joanne Stoker
    814 views, 517 downloads
  31. A Vision-based Steering Control System for Aerial Vehicles
    Stephane Viollet, Lubin Kerhuel and Nicolas Franceschini
    1094 views, 358 downloads
  32. Robust Path-Following for UAV Using Pure Pursuit Guidance
    Takeshi Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Takano and Yoriaki Baba
    939 views, 614 downloads
  33. Flapping Wings with Micro Sensors and Flexible Framework to Modify the Aerodynamic Forces of a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)
    Lung-Jieh Yang
    1083 views, 712 downloads
  34. Autonomous Guidance of UAVs for Real-Time Target Tracking in Adversarial Environments
    Ugur Zengin and Atilla Dogan
    982 views, 373 downloads
  35. Optic Flow Based Visual Guidance: From Flying Insects to Miniature Aerial Vehicles
    Nicolas Franceschini, Franck Ruffier, Julien Serres and Stephane Viollet
    1334 views, 528 downloads