An increasing interest over the last decade in developing unmanned aerial systems׳
technologies has prompted research into methods for automating air to air refuelling …

Personal assistant robots provide novel technological solutions in order to monitor people's
activities, helping them in their daily lives. In this sense, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

The application of rotorcraft to autonomous load carrying and transport is a new frontier for
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This task requires that hovering vehicles remain stable …

This paper reports recent research efforts to advance the functionality of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) beyond passive observation to active interaction with and manipulation of …

Automated vehicles are envisioned to be an integral part of the next generation of
transportation systems. Whether it is striving for full autonomy or incorporating more …

Autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) is an important capability of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) for further applications in both military and civilian domains. This paper focuses on …

In this paper, we propose a robust visual detection-learning-tracking framework for
autonomous aerial refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles. Two classifiers (D-classifier and T …

Autonomous aerial refueling is a key enabling technology for both manned and unmanned
aircraft where extended flight duration or range are required. The results presented within …

In this paper, a position measurement system, including drogue's landmark detection and
position computation for autonomous aerial refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles, is …

This paper presents a retrofit fault‐tolerant tracking control (FTTC) design method with
application to an unmanned quadrotor helicopter (UQH). The proposed retrofit fault‐tolerant …