Autonomous flying robots : unmanned aerial vehicles and micro aerial vehicles - Nonami, K. (Kenzo) (Tokyo ; New York : Springer, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Drone aircraft -- Control systems; Micro air vehicles -- Automatic control; Drone aircraft -- Mathematical models; Micro air vehicles -- Mathematical models; Vehicles, remotely piloted; Roboter