The emergence of smart technologies (STs) is inducing significant transformation in logistics
and transport nowadays. STs refer to the applications of artificial intelligence and data …

This paper presents a literature survey on aerial manipulation. First of all, an extensive study
of aerial vehicles and manipulation/interaction mechanisms in aerial manipulation is …

In this article, an adaptive sliding-mode disturbance observer (ASMDO)-based finite-time
control scheme with prescribed performance is proposed for an unmanned aerial …

Small-scale rotorcraft unmanned robotic systems (SRURSs) are a kind of unmanned
rotorcraft with manipulating devices. This review aims to provide an overview on aerial …

This article addresses the problem of leader–follower formation control of mobile robots
using only onboard monocular cameras that subjected to visibility constraints. An adaptive …

Integrating high altitude platforms (HAPs) and free space optical (FSO) communications is a
promising solution to establish high data rate aerial links for the next generation wireless …

This article presents the problem of autonomous control of an unmanned aerial manipulator
(UAM) developed for operation with unknown disturbances, wherein the disturbances from …

This paper presents planning and control synthesis for multiple aerial manipulators to
transport a common object. Each aerial manipulator that consists of a hexacopter and a two …

This article presents a trajectory tracking control method for the unmanned aerial
manipulator robot system (UAMRS) under model uncertainty and unknown disturbances …

We propose a novel robotic platform for aerial operation and manipulation, a spherically
connected multiquadrotor (SmQ) platform, which consists of a rigid frame and multiple …