Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently rapidly grown to facilitate a wide range of
innovative applications that can fundamentally change the way cyber-physical systems …

This article provides a historical perspective of the field of adaptive control over the past
seven decades and its intersection with learning. A chronology of key events over this large …

Autopilot systems are typically composed of an “inner loop” providing stability and control,
whereas an “outer loop” is responsible for mission-level objectives, such as way-point …

This study gives the mathematic model of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and
then proposes a robust nonlinear controller which combines the sliding-mode control …

Adaptive control methods are developed for stability and tracking control of flight systems in
the presence of parametric uncertainties. This paper offers a design technique of adaptive …

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are playing an important role in various areas due
to their agility and versatility, which have attracted significant attentions from both the …

As one type of unmanned aerial vehicles, the quadrotor typically suffers from payload
variations, system uncertainties, and environmental wind disturbances, which significantly …

The attitude control of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is investigated. The aim of
this paper is to develop a continuous multivariable attitude control law, which drives the …

Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can execute aggressive (ie, high-speed
and high-acceleration) maneuvers have attracted significant attention in the past few years …

Civil engineers always face the challenge of uncertainty in planning, building, and
maintaining infrastructure. These works rely heavily on a variety of surveying and monitoring …