Position and attitude control of multi-rotor aerial vehicles: A survey

TP Nascimento, M Saska - Annual Reviews in Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Motion control theory applied to multi-rotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) has gained attention with
the recent increase in the processing power of computers, which are now able to perform the …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of computer vision methods for 2d object detection from unmanned aerial vehicles

D Cazzato, C Cimarelli, JL Sanchez-Lopez, H Voos… - Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The spread of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the last decade revolutionized many
applications fields. Most investigated research topics focus on increasing autonomy during …

Model predictive trajectory tracking and collision avoidance for reliable outdoor deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles

T Baca, D Hert, G Loianno, M Saska… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel approach for optimal trajectory tracking for unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAV), using a linear model predictive controller (MPC) in combination with non-linear state …

[HTML][HTML] Uav positioning mechanisms in landing stations: Classification and engineering design review

M Galimov, R Fedorenko, A Klimchik - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Landing platforms' automation is aimed at servicing vertical take-off and landing UAVs
between flights and maintaining their airworthiness. Over the last few years, different …

[HTML][HTML] Sim-to-Real quadrotor landing via sequential deep Q-Networks and domain randomization

R Polvara, M Patacchiola, M Hanheide, G Neumann - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The autonomous landing of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on a marker is one of the
most challenging problems in robotics. Many solutions have been proposed, with the best …

Dronument: System for reliable deployment of micro aerial vehicles in dark areas of large historical monuments

P Petráček, V Krátký, M Saska - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a self-contained system for robust deployment of autonomous aerial
vehicles in environments without access to global navigation systems and with limited …

Vision-based autonomous landing of a multi-copter unmanned aerial vehicle using reinforcement learning

S Lee, T Shim, S Kim, J Park, K Hong… - … on Unmanned Aircraft …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents vision-based landing guidance of multi-copter Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) using reinforcement learning. In this approach, the guidance method is not …

Analyzing visual imagery for emergency drone landing on unknown environments

O Bektash, JJ Naundrup… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Autonomous landing is a fundamental aspect of drone operations which is being focused
upon by the industry, with ever-increasing demands on safety. As the drones are likely to …

Vision-based autonomous tracking and landing of a fully-actuated rotorcraft

M Bhargavapuri, AK Shastry, H Sinha… - Control Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autonomous landing is a challenging phase of flight for an aerial vehicle, especially when
attempting to land on a moving target. This paper presents vision-based tracking and …

[HTML][HTML] An adaptive multi-level quantization-based reinforcement learning model for enhancing UAV landing on moving targets

N Abo Mosali, SS Shamsudin, SA Mostafa, O Alfandi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The autonomous landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a moving platform is an
essential functionality in various UAV-based applications. It can be added to a teleoperation …