Autonomous Flying Robots: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles (Hardcover)

1.Introduction 2.Fundamental Modeling and Control of Unmanned Small-Scale and Mi-niature Helicopters3.Autonomous Control of a Mini Quadrotor Vehicle Using LQG Controllers 4.Modeling and Control of an Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) UAV 5.Linearlization and Identification of Helicopter Model for Hierarchical Control Design 6.Analysis of the Autorotation Maneuver in Small-Scale Helicopters and Application for Emergency Landing 7.Autonomous Acrobatic Flight based on Feedforward Sequence Control for Small Unmanned Helicopter 8.Mathematical Modeling and Nonlinear Control of VTOL Aerial Vehicles 9.Formation Flight Control of Multiple Autonomous Helicopters Using Predictive Control 10.Guidance and Navigation Systems for Small Aerial Robots 11.Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Attitude Quaternion Sensor 12.Vision-Based Navigation and Visual Servoing of Mini Flying Machines 13.Autonomous Indoor Flight and Precise Auto-Landing Using Infrared and Ultrasonic Sensors