Robust nonlinear model predictive control based visual servoing of quadrotor UAVs

K Zhang, Y Shi, H Sheng - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a robust nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) scheme is proposed for
the visual servoing of quadrotors subject to external disturbances. By using the virtual …

Linear velocity-free visual servoing control for unmanned helicopter landing on a ship with visibility constraint

Y Huang, M Zhu, Z Zheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a constrained image-based visual servoing control method for the shipboard
landing problem of unmanned helicopters is proposed. First, the pitch and roll motion of ship …

Input saturated visual servoing for unmanned aerial vehicles

H Xie, AF Lynch - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an input saturated visual servoing controller for a quadrotor unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller regulates relative pose between the vehicle and a …

Homography-based visual servoing for underactuated VTOL UAVs tracking a 6-DOF moving ship

Y Huang, M Zhu, Z Zheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper develops a novel homography-based visual servo control method for the vertical
take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tracking the trajectory of a 6 …

Fixed wing aircraft automatic landing with the use of a dedicated ground sign system

B Brukarczyk, D Nowak, P Kot, T Rogalski, P Rzucidło - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents automatic control of an aircraft in the longitudinal channel during
automatic landing. There are two crucial components of the system presented in the paper: a …

Integral barrier Lyapunov function based saturated dynamic surface control for vision-based quadrotors via back-stepping

N Liu, X Shao, W Yang - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an attitude restricted dynamic surface (DSC) controller for the
vision-based quadrotor to ensure that visual target remains in the camera's field of view all …

Dynamic visual servoing of rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles

H Xie - 2016 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Dynamic Visual Servoing of Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Hui Xie Doctor of
Philosophy Control Systems Page 1 Dynamic Visual Servoing of Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial …

The papi lights-based vision system for aircraft automatic control during approach and landing

D Nowak, G Kopecki, D Kordos, T Rogalski - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
The paper presents the concept of a component of an aircraft's automatic flight control
system, controlling the airplane when in longitudinal motion (ie, pitch angle, sink rate …

Longitudinal manoeuvre load control of a flexible large-scale aircraft

L Burlion, C Poussot-Vassal, P Vuillemin… - IFAC Proceedings …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the design and validation of an integrated long range flexible aircraft
load controller, at a single flight/mass configuration. The contributions of the paper are in …

Nonlinear observers in vision system: Application to civil aircraft landing

V Gibert, L Burlion, A Chriette, J Boada… - 2015 European …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new pose estimation solution for perspective vision system is presented and
applied to a civil aircraft landing phase. Vision sensor is used to overcome the need for …