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Autonomous Flying Robots

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles

Authors:

  1. Kenzo Nonami

    1. Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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  2. Farid Kendoul

    1. CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Pullenvale, Australia

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  3. Satoshi Suzuki

    1. International Young Researchers Empowerment Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan

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  4. Wei Wang

    1. College of Information and Control Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, P.R. China

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  5. Daisuke Nakazawa

    1. Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Japan

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  • Each chapter contains video links where the readers can actually see the UAVs and MAVs moving.
  • Not only military use but especially civil applications are described in this book.
  • This book is for all those readers who want to gain comprehensive knowledge on unmanned aerial vehicles.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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    1. Introduction

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 1-29

  3. Modeling and Control of Small and Mini Rotorcraft UAVs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Fundamental Modeling and Control of Small and Miniature Unmanned Helicopters

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 33-60

    3. Autonomous Control of a Mini Quadrotor Vehicle Using LQG Controllers

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 61-76

    4. Development of Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Design, Modeling, and Control

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 77-93

    5. Linearization and Identification of Helicopter Model for Hierarchical Control Design

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 95-130

  4. Advanced Flight Control Systems for Rotorcraft UAVs and MAVs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Analysis of the Autorotation Maneuver in Small-Scale Helicopters and Application for Emergency Landing

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 133-150

    3. Autonomous Acrobatic Flight Based on Feedforward Sequence Control for Small Unmanned Helicopter

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 151-160

    4. Mathematical Modeling and Nonlinear Control of VTOL Aerial Vehicles

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 161-193

    5. Formation Flight Control of Multiple Small Autonomous Helicopters Using Predictive Control

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 195-215

  5. Guidance and Navigation of Short-Range UAVs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Guidance and Navigation Systems for Small Aerial Robots

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 219-250

    3. Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Attitude Quaternion Sensor

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 251-266

    4. Vision-Based Navigation and Visual Servoing of Mini Flying Machines

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 267-302

    5. Autonomous Indoor Flight and Precise Automated-Landing Using Infrared and Ultrasonic Sensors

      • Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa
      Pages 303-322

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 323-329
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About this book

The advance in robotics has boosted the application of autonomous vehicles to perform tedious and risky tasks or to be cost-effective substitutes for their - man counterparts. Based on their working environment, a rough classi cation of the autonomous vehicles would include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), - manned ground vehicles (UGVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). UAVs, UGVs, AUVs, and ASVs are called UVs (unmanned vehicles) nowadays. In recent decades, the development of - manned autonomous vehicles have been of great interest, and different kinds of autonomous vehicles have been studied and developed all over the world. In part- ular, UAVs have many applications in emergency situations; humans often cannot come close to a dangerous natural disaster such as an earthquake, a ood, an active volcano, or a nuclear disaster. Since the development of the rst UAVs, research efforts have been focused on military applications. Recently, however, demand has arisen for UAVs such as aero-robotsand ying robotsthat can be used in emergency situations and in industrial applications. Among the wide variety of UAVs that have been developed, small-scale HUAVs (helicopter-based UAVs) have the ability to take off and land vertically as well as the ability to cruise in ight, but their most importantcapability is hovering. Hoveringat a point enables us to make more eff- tive observations of a target. Furthermore, small-scale HUAVs offer the advantages of low cost and easy operation.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Kenzo Nonami

  • CSIRO Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Pullenvale, Australia

    Farid Kendoul

  • International Young Researchers Empowerment Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan

    Satoshi Suzuki

  • College of Information and Control Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, P.R. China

    Wei Wang

  • Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Japan

    Daisuke Nakazawa

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Autonomous Flying Robots

  • Book Subtitle: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles

  • Authors: Kenzo Nonami, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, Daisuke Nakazawa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53856-1

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-53855-4Published: 17 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54687-0Published: 16 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-53856-1Published: 15 September 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 329

  • Topics: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Hardware

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