Survey of advances in guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned rotorcraft systems
F Kendoul - Journal of Field Robotics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, there has been growing interest in developing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
with advanced onboard autonomous capabilities. This paper describes the current state of …
with advanced onboard autonomous capabilities. This paper describes the current state of …
A survey on quadrotors: Configurations, modeling and identification, control, collision avoidance, fault diagnosis and tolerant control
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer a wide range of interesting military and commercial
applications at reduced costs. A couple of their more interesting characteristics include: They …
applications at reduced costs. A couple of their more interesting characteristics include: They …
Minimum snap trajectory generation and control for quadrotors
D Mellinger, V Kumar - 2011 IEEE international conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address the controller design and the trajectory generation for a quadrotor maneuvering
in three dimensions in a tightly constrained setting typical of indoor environments. In such …
in three dimensions in a tightly constrained setting typical of indoor environments. In such …
Polynomial trajectory planning for aggressive quadrotor flight in dense indoor environments
We explore the challenges of planning trajectories for quadrotors through cluttered indoor
environments. We extend the existing work on polynomial trajectory generation by …
environments. We extend the existing work on polynomial trajectory generation by …
A computationally efficient motion primitive for quadrocopter trajectory generation
MW Mueller, M Hehn… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is presented for the rapid generation and feasibility verification of motion primitives
for quadrocopters and similar multirotor vehicles. The motion primitives are defined by the …
for quadrocopters and similar multirotor vehicles. The motion primitives are defined by the …
Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors
D Mellinger, N Michael… - The International Journal …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We study the problem of designing dynamically feasible trajectories and controllers that
drive a quadrotor to a desired state in state space. We focus on the development of a family …
drive a quadrotor to a desired state in state space. We focus on the development of a family …
Provably safe and robust learning-based model predictive control
Controller design faces a trade-off between robustness and performance, and the reliability
of linear controllers has caused many practitioners to focus on the former. However, there is …
of linear controllers has caused many practitioners to focus on the former. However, there is …
The grasp multiple micro-uav testbed
N Michael, D Mellinger, Q Lindsey… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last five years, advances in materials, electronics, sensors, and batteries have fueled a
growth in the development of microunmanned aerial vehicles (MAVs) that are between 0.1 …
growth in the development of microunmanned aerial vehicles (MAVs) that are between 0.1 …
Design, modeling, estimation and control for aerial grasping and manipulation
D Mellinger, Q Lindsey, M Shomin… - 2011 IEEE/RSJ …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses mechanics, design, estimation and control for aerial grasping. We
present the design of several light-weight, low-complexity grippers that allow quadrotors to …
present the design of several light-weight, low-complexity grippers that allow quadrotors to …
Cooperative grasping and transport using multiple quadrotors
In this paper, we consider the problem of controlling multiple quadrotor robots that
cooperatively grasp and transport a payload in three dimensions. We model the quadrotors …
cooperatively grasp and transport a payload in three dimensions. We model the quadrotors …