Min–max time efficient inspection of ground vehicles by a UAV team

AA Munishkin, D Milutinović, DW Casbeer - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a control design for N unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) tasked with an
inspection of M ground moving vehicles. The location of each ground vehicle is known to …

Movement error based control for a firm touch of a soft somatosensitive actuator

M Boivin, D Milutinović… - 2019 American Control …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a control architecture with the aim of providing a firm touch of a soft
somatosensitive actuator (SSA) finger with an object. The two main components of the …

Vehicle Recognition from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Videos Based on Fusion of Target Pre-Detection and Deep Learning

B Peng, H Zhang, N Yang, J Xie - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
For accurate and effective automatic vehicle identification, morphological detection and
deep convolutional networks were combined to propose a method for locating and …

Scalable Navigation for Tracking a Cooperative Unpredictably Moving Target in an Urban Environment

AA Munishkin, DW Casbeer… - 2022 IEEE Conference …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Target tracking in urban environments using a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is
challenging due to the line of sight obstructions which are caused by buildings. Even with a …

Beyond visual range tactics

E Garcia, DM Tran, D Casbeer, D Milutinovic… - AIAA Scitech 2021 …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-1229. vid Autonomous battle
management requires the synthesis of optimal strategies which also consider the …

Metrics-only training neural network for switching among an array of feedback controllers for bicycle model navigation

MA Carmona, D Milutinović… - 2022 American Control …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper proposes a novel training approach for a neural network to perform switching
among an array of computationally generated stochastic optimal feedback controllers. The …

Feedback Control for Inflatable Soft Robotic Finger Touch Detection Based on Static Pressure-Resistance Characteristics

M Boivin, C Esch, M Wehner… - 2023 American Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a method for feedback controlling a soft finger actuator and detecting" touch", ie,
contact with an object in the environment. While this work uses our pneumatic elastomeric …

A switching composition of horizontal and vertical controllers for a UAV to reach a 3D waypoint

D Milutinović, DW Casbeer, S Rasmussen - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to explore potential of feedback control design based on a switching
composition of two controllers. The paper considers two stochastic optimal controllers for the …

[图书][B] Metrics-Only Training of a Neural Network for Switching Among an Array of Feedback Controllers

MA Carmona - 2022 - search.proquest.com
We propose a novel training approach for neural networks based on switching among an
array of feedback controllers (FC). Traditionally, the neural network training implemented in …

[图书][B] Scalable Approaches to Dubins Vehicle Navigation Problems Under Uncertainty

A Munishkin - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The environment around an autonomously navigated vehicle can have an
unpredictablenumber of other vehicles and stationary or moving obstacles that may or may …