Adaptive impedance control for docking robot via Stewart parallel mechanism

Z Chen, G Zhan, Z Jiang, W Zhang, Z Rao, H Wang… - ISA transactions, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides an adaptive impedance control strategy about docking robot, a locking
mechanism scheme based on the Stewart platform develo** for the problem of excessive …

Automated aerial docking system using onboard vision-based deep learning

AJ Choi, J Park, JH Han - Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper proposes an automated aerial docking system for unmanned aerial vehicles. The
proposed automated aerial docking system consists of the following two subsystems: 1) …

Runway-Free Recovery Methods for Fixed-Wing UAVs: A Comprehensive Review

Y Liu, Y Wang, H Li, J Ai - Drones, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the advantages of long endurance and
fast flight speed and are widely used in surveying, map**, monitoring, and defense fields …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in modeling and control of probe-and-drogue autonomous aerial refueling

REN **rui, Q Quan - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2024 - Elsevier
By refueling aircraft while they are in flight, aerial refueling is an efficient technique to extend
their endurance and range. Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) is anticipated to be used to …

Learning-Based Compound Docking Control for UAV Aerial Recovery: Methodology and Implementation

Y Liu, H Wang, B Liu, L Chen, Y Wang… - … ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) docking control, which is one of the
most difficult and significant issues during UAV aerial recovery. The UAV probe, which is …

Drogue position measurement of autonomous aerial refueling based on embedded system

Y Gao, S Yang, X Liu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
In Autonomous aerial refueling (AAR), the position of the rapid moving drogue varies greatly
by the influence of airflow. Real-time airborne position measurement is the key to the …

Trajectory stabilization control for aerial recovery of cable-drogue-UAV assembly

Y Liu, H Wang, J Fan, Y Wang, J Wu - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) aerial recovery denotes the technology that UAVs are
recovered in the air by the transport aircraft for reuse. During the recovery process, the …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible prescribed performance-based approaching control for UAV aerial recovery under multiwind disturbances

W Yanxiang, W Honglun, ZHU Junfan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article investigates the approaching control for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) aerial recovery in the presence of pre-specified performance requirements, complex …

A Novel Piezoelectric Docking Mechanism Inspired by Bolt–Nut Connector: Design, Modeling, and Experimental Evaluation

B Jia, L Wang, R Wang, L Zhou, J **… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated robotic systems require reliable docking mechanisms to extend their functional
capabilities. In this article, we present a simplified piezoelectric docking mechanism (PDM) …

Research of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autonomous Aerial Refueling Docking Method Based on Binocular Vision

K Gong, B Liu, X Xu, Y Xu, Y He, Z Zhang, J Rasol - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a visual navigation method based on binocular vision and a deep learning
approach is proposed to solve the navigation problem of the unmanned aerial vehicle …