A state-of-the-art review on solid-state metal joining

W Cai, G Daehn, A Vivek, J Li… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper aims at providing a state-of-the-art review of an increasingly important class of
joining technologies called solid-state (SS) welding, as compared to more conventional …

PX4: A node-based multithreaded open source robotics framework for deeply embedded platforms

L Meier, D Honegger… - 2015 IEEE international …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel, deeply embedded robotics middleware and programming environment.
It uses a multithreaded, publish-subscribe design pattern and provides a Unix-like software …

[图书][B] Small unmanned aircraft: Theory and practice

RW Beard, TW McLain - 2012 - books.google.com
Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil,
and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly …

Vector field path following for miniature air vehicles

DR Nelson, DB Barber, TW McLain… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a method for accurate path following for miniature air vehicles is developed.
The method is based on the notion of vector fields, which are used to generate desired …

Three-dimensional coverage path planning via viewpoint resampling and tour optimization for aerial robots

A Bircher, M Kamel, K Alexis, M Burri… - Autonomous …, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a new algorithm for three-dimensional coverage path planning for
autonomous structural inspection operations using aerial robots. The proposed approach is …

[图书][B] Fault-tolerant flight control and guidance systems: Practical methods for small unmanned aerial vehicles

GJJ Ducard - 2009 - books.google.com
Page 1 Guillaume JJ Ducard ^flC .ault-tolerant Flight Control and Guidance Systems Practical
Methods for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehich fe Page 2 Advances in Industrial Control Page 3 …

Coordinated standoff tracking of moving targets using Lyapunov guidance vector fields

EW Frew, DA Lawrence, S Morris - Journal of guidance, control, and …, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
TEAMS of low-cost unmanned aircraft (UA) with autonomous behaviors will be capable of
performing inexpensive, persistent, distributed sensing functions. One application of interest …

Development of a highly portable unmanned surface vehicle for surf zone bathymetric surveying

H Francis, P Traykovski - Journal of Coastal Research, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Francis, H. and Traykovski, P., 2021. Development of a highly portable
unmanned surface vehicle for surf zone bathymetric surveying. Journal of Coastal Research …

Lyapunov vector fields for autonomous unmanned aircraft flight control

DA Lawrence, EW Frew, WJ Pisano - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
AUTONOMY is essential for many unmanned aircraft (UA) applications. Remote piloting is
not suitable for missions that are long in duration, have unreliable or delayed …

Design of small hand‐launched solar‐powered UAVs: From concept study to a multi‐day world endurance record flight

P Oettershagen, A Melzer, T Mantel… - Journal of Field …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present the development process behind AtlantikSolar, a small 6.9 kg hand‐launchable
low‐altitude solar‐powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that recently completed an 81 …