As an amphibious system, aerial-terrestrial vehicles have demonstrated remarkable
environmental adaptability. In order to expand their synergistic advantages, in this letter, an …

As human activities in the ocean become increasingly frequent, the cooperative system of
unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has played a …

Multimodal motion capability is an emerging topic in the robotics field, and this paper
presents a hybrid robot system maneuvering in both terrestrial and aerial environments …

A method for determining the angular position of an unmanned aircraft-type or helicopter-
type aerial vehicle relative to a sea-based landing platform with special optical marks, is …

This paper designs and optimizes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) precision docking
system based on the magnetic vector field, utilizing electromagnetic forces for contactless …

The article proposes the architecture of an embedded information-control system (ICS) for
the precision landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The created ICS makes it …

This paper presents a novel tethered recovery system designed for a UAV landing on a
USV. The system comprises an aerial platform, a winch, and a tether connecting the two …

Real-time UAV pose estimation at low altitudes is a necessary but challenging task for auto-
landing, especially onto fluctuated aquatic surface platforms. To reduce the power and …

Over the past decade, autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft have been
increasingly operated in a wide range of applications in both civil and military markets …

Research on autonomous landing methods of UAVs on a moving platform has experienced
rapid growth in recent years and found applications in civil and military sectors. The extreme …