A comprehensive review on reconfigurable drones: Classification, characteristics, design and control technologies

SH Derrouaoui, Y Bouzid, M Guiatni, I Dib - Unmanned Systems, 2022 - World Scientific
Recently, reconfigurable drones have gained particular attention in the field of automation
and flying robots. Unlike the conventional drones, they are characterized by a variable …

Reconfigurable drone system for transportation of parcels with variable mass and size

F Schiano, PM Kornatowski, L Cencetti… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. This
lack of flexibility requires a fleet of diverse drones tailored to specific cargo dimensions. Here …

A modular multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle design approach for development of an engineering education platform

D Kotarski, P Piljek, M Pranjić, CG Grlj, J Kasać - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has enabled a vast number
of applications. Since further market growth is expected in the future it is important that …

Bio-inspired classification and evolution of multirotor Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs): A comprehensive review

SW Hameed, N Imanberdiyev, E Camci, YW Yun… - Robotics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Multirotor Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) have become essential in many
applications like surveillance, disaster management, and aerial inspection. The diverse …

Towards a new design with generic modeling and adaptive control of a transformable quadrotor

SH Derrouaoui, Y Bouzid, M Guiatni - The Aeronautical Journal, 2021 - cambridge.org
Recently, transformable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become a subject of great
interest in the field of flying systems, due to their maneuverability, agility and morphological …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive configuration control of combined UAVs based on leader-wingman mode

R Huang, H Sheng, C Qian, RAN Ziting… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Modular Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can adapt to rapidly changing payload
requirements based on the shape and weight of the load by adding or subtracting units …

Cooperative transport of a suspended payload via two aerial robots with inertial sensing

H **e, K Dong, P Chirarattananon - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we address the problem of aerial transport of a suspended payload by two
vehicles with minimal sensing and computational requirements. Herein, the leader-follower …

Stabilizing Aerodynamic Dampers for Cooperative Transport of a Suspended Payload with Aerial Robots

K Dong, R Ding, S Bai, X Cai… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current paper addresses the problem of stabilizing multiple aerial robots cooperatively
transporting a cable‐suspended payload by an aeromechanic method. Instead of relying on …

Fixed-time sliding mode control with varying exponent coefficient for modular reconfigurable flight arrays

J Yang, C Yang, X Zhang, J Na - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modular system can change its physical structure by self-assembly and self-
disassembly between modules to dynamically adapt to task and environmental …