Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Modeling and Control of Small and Mini Rotorcraft UAVs
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Advanced Flight Control Systems for Rotorcraft UAVs and MAVs
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Guidance and Navigation of Short-Range UAVs
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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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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