Multirotors have received a great attention from researchers and the general public, as a
platform on which various ideas can be easily demonstrated. This paper aims to provide …

Unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly used to study atmospheric structure and
dynamics. While much emphasis has been on the development of fixed-wing unmanned …

Flying in unknown environments may lead to unforeseen collisions, which may cause
serious damage to the robot and/or its environment. In this context, fast and robust collision …

This paper discusses the derivation and implementation of a nonlinear model predictive
control law for tracking reference trajectories and constrained control of a quadrotor platform …

This article describes an approach to building a cost-effective and research-grade visual-
inertial (VI) odometry-aided vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform. We utilize an off-the …

The use of magnesium (Mg) alloy has been continuously on the rise with numerous
expanded application in transportation/aerospace industries due to their lightweight and …

This work presents preliminary results of the control method developed for autonomous
inspection of wind turbines. High wind gusts are a major deterrent of outdoor Unmanned …

The design of a flight control system for an under-actuated quadrotor aircraft in presence of
parametric uncertainties and external disturbance is quite challenging. In this study, we …

Small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), as defined by the FAA, refers to a small unmanned
aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds on takeoff, and its associated elements that are …

This paper presents an adaptive neural network approach to the trajectory tracking control of
micro aerial vehicles especially when they are flying in a limited indoor area. Differing from …