Fuzzy gain-scheduling PID for UAV position and altitude controllers

AG Melo, FAA Andrade, IP Guedes, GF Carvalho… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications have evolved to a wide range of fields in the
last decade. One of the main challenges in autonomous tasks is the UAV stability during …

Computer vision based path following for autonomous unmanned aerial systems in unburied pipeline onshore inspection

YMR da Silva, FAA Andrade, L Sousa, GGR de Castro… - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are becoming more attractive in diverse applications due
to their efficiency in performing tasks with a reduced time execution, covering a larger area …

Dynamic optimization and heuristics based online coverage path planning in 3D environment for UAVs

AG Melo, MF Pinto, ALM Marcato, LM Honório… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Path planning is one of the most important issues in the robotics field, being applied in many
domains ranging from aerospace technology and military tasks to manufacturing and …

A framework for coverage path planning optimization based on point cloud for structural inspection

IZ Biundini, MF Pinto, AG Melo, ALM Marcato… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Different practical applications have emerged in the last few years, requiring periodic and
detailed inspections to verify possible structural changes. Inspections using Unmanned …

Hybrid methodology based on computational vision and sensor fusion for assisting autonomous UAV on offshore messenger cable transfer operation

GS Ramos, MF Pinto, FO Coelho, LM Honório… - Robotica, 2022 - cambridge.org
The recent development of new offshore projects in pre-salt deepwater fields has placed
offshore loading operations as the main production outflow alternative, increasing the …

Unmanned aerial vehicles motion control with fuzzy tuning of cascaded-pid gains

FAA Andrade, IP Guedes, GF Carvalho, ARL Zachi… - Machines, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the main challenges of maneuvering an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to keep a
stabilized flight is dealing with its fast and highly coupled nonlinear dynamics. There are …

Dynamic path planning based on neural networks for aerial inspection

GGR de Castro, MF Pinto, IZ Biundini, AG Melo… - Journal of Control …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are a suitable solution to automate inspections on large
structures that require periodic monitoring once this process could be complex and highly …

Visual-based assistive method for uav power line inspection and landing

LF Diniz, MF Pinto, AG Melo, LM Honório - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic …, 2022 - Springer
Over the years, many methods and technologies have been developed to improve power
lines' visual-based inspection, such as the recent advances in computer vision and machine …

Uav power line tracking control based on a type-2 fuzzy-pid approach

GAN Pussente, EP de Aguiar, ALM Marcato, MF Pinto - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A challenge for inspecting transmission power lines with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
is to precisely determine their position and orientation, considering that the geo-location of …

A multi‐UAV system for coverage path planning applications with in‐flight re‐planning capabilities

MA Luna, M Molina, R Da‐Silva‐Gomez… - Journal of Field …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the development and implementation of a multiple unmanned aerial
vehicle system focused on coverage path planning on multiple separated areas capable of …