Autonomous flying robots : unmanned aerial vehicles and micro aerial vehicles / Kenzo Nonami ... [et al.]. - Tokyo ; New York : Springer, c2010. - xvii, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental Modeling and Control of Unmanned Small-Scale and Mi-niature Helicopters -- 3. Autonomous Control of a Mini Quadrotor Vehicle Using LQG Controllers -- 4. Modeling and Control of an Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) UAV -- 5. Linearlization and Identification of Helicopter Model for Hierarchical Control Design -- 6. Analysis of the Autorotation Maneuver in Small-Scale Helicopters and Application for Emergency Landing -- 7. Autonomous Acrobatic Flight based on Feedforward Sequence Control for Small Unmanned Helicopter -- 8. Mathematical Modeling and Nonlinear Control of VTOL Aerial Vehicles -- 9. Formation Flight Control of Multiple Autonomous Helicopters Using Predictive Control -- 10. Guidance and Navigation Systems for Small Aerial Robots -- 11. Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Attitude Quaternion Sensor -- 12. Vision-Based Navigation and Visual Servoing of Mini Flying Machines -- 13. Autonomous Indoor Flight and Precise Auto-Landing Using Infrared and Ultrasonic Sensors.

9784431538554 (alk. paper) 4431538550 (alk. paper) 9784431538561 (eISBN)

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Drone aircraft--Control systems.
Micro air vehicles--Automatic control.
Drone aircraft--Mathematical models.
Micro air vehicles--Mathematical models.
Vehicles, remotely piloted.
Roboter

UG1242.D7 / A88 2010

623.7469 / NON