We are witnessing the advent of a new era of robots—drones—that can autonomously fly in
natural and man-made environments. These robots, often associated with defence …

Recently, there has been growing interest in develo** unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
with advanced onboard autonomous capabilities. This paper describes the current state of …

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals.
Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the …

The advance in robotics has boosted the application of autonomous vehicles to perform
tedious and risky tasks or to be cost-effective substitutes for their-man counterparts. Based …

This paper presents a nonlinear controller for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that exploits a measurement optical flow to enable hover …

Flying insects are able to fly smartly in an unpredictable environment. It has been found that
flying insects have smart neurons inside their tiny brains that are sensitive to visual motion …

Research over the past century has revealed the impressive capacities of the honeybee,
Apis mellifera, in relation to visual perception, flight guidance, navigation, and learning and …

The problem considered in this paper involves the design of a vision-based autopilot for
small and micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed autopilot is based on an …

We have developed a visually based autopilot which is able to make an air vehicle
automatically take off, cruise and land, while reacting appropriately to wind disturbances …

This paper presents a novel control strategy, which we call optiPilot, for autonomous flight in
the vicinity of obstacles. Most existing autopilots rely on a complete 6-degree-of-freedom …