Nowadays, there is a growing need for flying drones with diverse capabilities for both civilian
and military applications. There is also a significant interest in the development of novel …

This article presents a comprehensive overview on the recent advances of miniature hybrid
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, two conventional types, ie, fixed-wing UAV and …

This article analyzes the evolution and current trends in aerial robotic manipulation,
comprising helicopters, conventional underactuated multirotors, and multidirectional thrust …

This article presents a review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of
hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, miniature UAVs which have …

The tilt rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (TRUAV) exhibits special application value due to its
unique rotor structure. However, varying dynamics and aerodynamic interference caused by …

This paper reviews the effect of multirotor aerial vehicle designs on their abilities in terms of
tasks and system properties. We propose a general taxonomy to characterize and describe …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have a variety of applications in our daily life that
have attracted the attention of many researchers around the world. There are a variety of …

A new robust adaptive mixing control (RAMC) is proposed in order to accomplish trajectory
tracking of a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configuration. This kind of system is a …

Enabling vertical take-off and landing while pro-viding the ability to fly long ranges opens the
door to a wide range of new real-world aircraft applications while improving many existing …

A backstepping approach is proposed in this paper to cope with the failure of a quadrotor
propeller. The presented methodology supposes to turn off also the motor which is opposite …