In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the development and research of
tethered aerial systems, thus reflecting a growing interest in their diverse applications. Long …

The detection of bridge bottom cracks is required for bridge maintenance. In order to realise
the requirement of automatic real-time detection of a bridge structure, an image detection …

This paper presents a state-of-the-art tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) for structural
integrity assessment of underground stone mine pillars. The TUAV, powered by its tether …

This article presents a precise landing system that allows rotary-wing UAVs to approach and
land safely on moving platforms, without using GNSS at any stage of the landing maneuver …

This paper presents a multi-model localization framework for tethered drones. The
framework is composed of three independent localization strategies, each one relying in a …

In this study, the stability parameter range of a tethered quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) under the action of the transient wind field is numerically analyzed, which can provide …

This paper proposes an approach for localization of tethered drones using information from
the shape of the tether and the vehicles' inertial data. Our approach relies on the fact that, in …

Battery lifetime is one of the most challenging problems for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
applications. Multi-rotor platforms usually suffer limited payload capabilities and flight time …

The transient wind is one of the dangerous conditions encountered by tethered UAVs
operating at the ocean, making the cable and the UAV generate complex nonlinear vibration …

This dissertation proposes solutions for motion planning, localization, and landing of
tethered drones using only tether variables. A tether-based multi-model localization …