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Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

State of the Art and the Road to Autonomy

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Kimon P. Valavanis

    1. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

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  • The only book that brings together reported research from leading research groups in the field
  • Offers state of the art research results
  • Presents advances in the field
  • Focuses on autonomous navigation

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Background Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • K. P. Valavanis
      Pages 3-13

    3. A Historical Perspective on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

      • K. P. Valavanis, M. Kontitsis
      Pages 15-46

  3. Modeling and Control Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Airplane Basic Equations of Motion and Open-Loop Dynamics

      • I. A. Raptis, K. P. Valavanis
      Pages 49-72

    3. Control Fundamentals of Small / Miniature Helicopters - A Survey

      • M. Castillo-Effen, C. Castillo, W. Moreno, K. P. Valavanis
      Pages 73-118

    4. A Tutorial Approach to Small Unmanned Helicopter Controller Design for Non-aggressive Flights

      • W. Alvis, C. Castillo, M. Castillo-Effen, W. Moreno, K. P. Valavanis
      Pages 119-170

    5. Design and Control of a Miniature Quadrotor

      • S. Bouabdallah, R. Siegwart
      Pages 171-210

  4. Navigation Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Obstacle and Terrain Avoidance for Miniature Aerial Vehicles

      • S. Griffiths, J. Saunders, A. Curtis, B. Barber, T. McLain, R. Beard
      Pages 213-244

    3. Vision Based Navigation and Target Tracking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

      • B. Ludington, E. N. Johnson, G. J. Vachtsevanos
      Pages 245-266

    4. Single and Multi-UAV Relative Position Estimation Based on Natural Landmarks

      • L. Merino, F. Caballero, P. Forssen, J. Wiklund, J. Ferruz, J. R. Martihez-de-Dios et al.
      Pages 267-307

    5. Evolutionary Algorithm Based Path Planning for Multiple UAV Cooperation

      • I. K. Nikolos, N. C. Tsourveloudis, K. P. Valavanis
      Pages 309-340
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have seen unprecedented levels of growth in military and civilian application domains. Fixed-wing aircraft, heavier or lighter than air, rotary-wing (rotorcraft, helicopters), vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned vehicles are being increasingly used in military and civilian domains for surveillance, reconnaissance, mapping, cartography, border patrol, inspection, homeland security, search and rescue, fire detection, agricultural imaging, traffic monitoring, to name just a few application domains. When initially introduced during World War I, UAVs were criticized heavily as being unreliable and inaccurate, and only a handful of people recognized at that early stage their potential and (future) impact on cha- ing the battlefield. To nobody’s surprise, about a century later, the total market for UAVs will reach within a few years more than $16 billion, with the US Depa- ment of Defense (DOD) being the champion in funding initiatives, - search and development, as well as procurement. Europe, as a continent, is a very distant second player, expected to spend about €2 billion in research and development, and procurement.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

    Kimon P. Valavanis

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