This paper provides a broad perspective and analysis of the work done in control of hybrid
and convertible unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the main existing designs. These flying …

Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for
robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will …

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 …

For the purpose of improving the performance of trajectory tracking for quadrotors with the
control input saturation, a novel model-free saturated prescribed performance reinforcement …

A moving mass–actuated unmanned aerial vehicle (MAUAV) is controlled by mass sliders
installed inside the airframe and has the advantages of high aerodynamic efficiency and …

The strong nonlinear dynamics of tail-sitter vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) have consistently constrained their applications. Particularly, the …

This paper reviews a majority of the nature-inspired algorithms, including heuristic and meta-
heuristic bio-inspired and non-bio-inspired algorithms, focusing on their source of inspiration …

The unpowered high-speed vehicle experiences a significant coupling between the
disciplines of aerodynamics and control due to its characteristics of high flight speed and …

Aiming at the severe aerodynamic noise generated by the rotor of rotorcrafts, a global active
noise control method is proposed based on near-field acoustic holography (NAH) and …

This paper proposes a controller design for the electric pump of a deep-throttling rocket
engine. The nonlinearity of the system is taken into consideration by analyzing the gap …