Aerobatic trajectory generation for a vtol fixed-wing aircraft using differential flatness

E Tal, G Ryou, S Karaman - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a novel algorithm for aerobatic trajectory generation for a vertical take-
off and landing (VTOL) tailsitter flying wing aircraft. The algorithm differs from existing …

Transition optimization for a VTOL tail-sitter UAV

B Li, J Sun, W Zhou, CY Wen, KH Low… - … /ASME transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on the transition process optimization for a vertical takeoff and landing
(VTOL) tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For VTOL UAVs that can fly with either …

Basic flight maneuver generation of fixed-wing plane based on proximal policy optimization

L Li, X Zhang, C Qian, R Wang - Neural Computing and Applications, 2023 - Springer
Autonomous agile flight control has been a challenging problem due to complex highly
nonlinear dynamics, and generating feasible basic flight maneuvers off-line for subsequent …

Unmanned aerial vehicle-borne sensor system for atmosphere-particulate-matter measurements: Design and experiments

T Wang, W Han, M Zhang, X Yao, L Zhang, X Peng… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) particulate-matter (PM) monitoring system was
developed that can perform three-dimensional stereoscopic observation of PM2. 5 and …

Direct nmpc for post-stall motion planning with fixed-wing uavs

M Basescu, J Moore - 2020 IEEE International Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer significant performance advantages over
rotary-wing UAVs in terms of speed, endurance, and efficiency. However, these vehicles …

UAV penetration mission path planning based on improved holonic particle swarm optimization

J Luo, Q Liang, H Li - Journal of Systems Engineering and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To meet the requirements of safety, concealment, and timeliness of trajectory planning
during the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) penetration process, a three-dimensional path …

A hybrid-driven optimization framework for fixed-wing uav maneuvering flight planning

R Zhang, S Cao, K Zhao, H Yu, Y Hu - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Performing autonomous maneuvering flight planning and optimization remains a challenge
for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially for fixed-wing UAVs due to its high …

A systematic literature mapping of path planning and collision avoidance approaches for unmanned fixed-wings

EJR Freitas, MW Cohen, FG Guimarães… - 2024 International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the rapidly evolving world of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), fixed-wing aircraft stand
out for their remarkable efficiency and long-range endurance. The path planning and …

Vertical variation of atmospheric particulate matter under different pollution levels in the suburbs of Tianjin based on unmanned aerial vehicle

S Li, M Xing, L Jiang, P Chen, F Ding… - Journal of the Air & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
An unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with an isokinetic sampling device and a portable
aerosol particle size spectrometer was used to detect atmospheric particles at different …

[HTML][HTML] Safe flight corridor constrained sequential convex programming for efficient trajectory generation of fixed-wing UAVs

SUN Jing, XU Guangtong, W Zhu, L Teng… - Chinese Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Generating dynamically feasible trajectory for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
in dense obstacle environments remains computationally intractable. This paper proposes a …