Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy

Name: Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy
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ISBN: 9781402061134

ISBN-10: 1402061137

ISBN-13: 9781402061134

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kimon P. Valavanis

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There has been tremendous emphasis in unmanned aerial vehicles, both of fixed (airplanes) and rotary wing (vertical take off and landing, helicopters) types over the past ten years. Applications span both civilian and military domains, the latter being the most important at this stage. This edited book provides a solid and diversified reference source related to basic, applied research and development on small and miniature unmanned aerial vehicles, both fixed and rotary wing. As such, the book offers background information on the evolution of such vehicles over the years, followed by modeling and control fundamentals that are of paramount importance due to unmanned aerial vehicle model…

Book details

List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 7/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.464
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


List of Contributing Authors



Background Information



Introduction




A Historical Perspective on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles




Modeling and Control Fundamentals



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-aggressive Flights




Design and Control of a Miniature Quadrotor




Navigation Aspects



Obstacle and Terrain Avoidance for Miniature Aerial Vehicles




Vision Based Navigation and Target Tracking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles




Single and Multi-UAV Relative Position Estimation Based on Natural Landmarks




Evolutionary Algorithm Based Path Planning for Multiple UAV Cooperation




Applications



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




"Hardware in the Loop" Tuning for a Volcanic Gas Sampling UAV




A Modular On-board Processing System for Small Unmanned Vehicles




Epilogue



Conclusions and the Road Ahead