Over the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received a significant
attention due to their diverse capabilities for non-combatant and military applications. The …

Aerial manipulation aims at combining the versatility and the agility of some aerial platforms
with the manipulation capabilities of robotic arms. This letter tries to collect the results …

Accurate trajectory-tracking control for quadrotors is essential for safe navigation in cluttered
environments. However, this is challenging in agile flights due to nonlinear dynamics …

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 …

There are two indispensable methodologies for autonomous flights performed by unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). The first is flight control, and the other is simultaneous localization and …

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 …

Quadcopter, also known as quadrotor, is a helicopter with four rotors. The rotors are directed
upwards and they are placed in a square formation with equal distance from the center of …

In this work, a mathematical model of a quadrotor's dynamics is derived, using Newton's and
Euler's laws. A linearized version of the model is obtained, and therefore a linear controller …

Parametric uncertainties and coupled nonlinear dynamics are inherent in quadrotor
configuration and infer adaptive nonlinear approaches to be used for flight control system …

The quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle is a great platform for control systems research as
its nonlinear nature and under-actuated configuration make it ideal to synthesize and …