UAV platforms and the SfM-MVS approach in the 3D surveys and modelling: A review in the cultural heritage field

M Pepe, VS Alfio, D Costantino - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, structure from motion (SfM) and multi-view stereo (MVS) algorithms have
been successfully applied to stereo images generated by cameras mounted on unmanned …

Comprehensive review on electric propulsion system of unmanned aerial vehicles

D Joshi, D Deb, SM Muyeen - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, electric unmanned areal vehicles (UAVs) are gaining popularity due to their
capabilities in civil and military applications. The rationale is that UAVs can do more …

RFlySim: Automatic test platform for UAV autopilot systems with FPGA-based hardware-in-the-loop simulations

X Dai, C Ke, Q Quan, KY Cai - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Autopilot systems on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are safety-critical systems whose
requirements on reliability and safety are ever-increasing. However, testing a complex …

Adaptive finite-time backstepping global sliding mode tracker of quad-rotor UAVs under model uncertainty, wind perturbation, and input saturation

O Mofid, S Mobayen - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an adaptive backstepping global sliding mode control method is designed at
the aim of finite-time tracking control for attitude and position of the quad-rotor unmanned …

Observer-based fixed-time continuous nonsingular terminal sliding mode control of quadrotor aircraft under uncertainties and disturbances for robust trajectory …

O Mechali, L Xu, Y Huang, M Shi, X Xie - Control Engineering Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper solves an accurate fixed-time attitude and position control problems of a
quadrotor UAV system. The aircraft system is subject to nonlinearities, parameter …

An integral TSMC-based adaptive fault-tolerant control for quadrotor with external disturbances and parametric uncertainties

P Tang, F Zhang, J Ye, D Lin - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a finite-time fault-tolerant trajectory tracking control for a quadrotor
system against external disturbances, parametric uncertainties and actuator faults without …

Control schemes for quadrotor UAV: taxonomy and survey

A Khalid, Z Mushtaq, S Arif, K Zeb, MA Khan… - ACM Computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an unstable system, so it needs to be
controlled efficiently and intelligently. Moreover, due to its non-linear, coupled, and under …

Composite disturbance rejection attitude control for quadrotor with unknown disturbance

K Zhao, J Zhang, D Ma, Y Xia - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a composite disturbance rejection control method is proposed for attitude
control of quadrotor using an inner-outer loop control framework, which can effectively …

Advances in intelligent and autonomous navigation systems for small UAS

S Bijjahalli, R Sabatini, A Gardi - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
A significant growth in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operations has been observed over
the past decade, largely driven by the emergence of new commercial opportunities and use …

An improved design of an adaptive sliding mode controller for chattering attenuation and trajectory tracking of the quadcopter UAV

A Eltayeb, MF Rahmat, MAM Basri, MAM Eltoum… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) systems are receiving remarkable attention
from researchers due to their daily use in numerous applications, particularly at the current …