This paper reviews the effect of multirotor aerial vehicle designs on their abilities in terms of
tasks and system properties. We propose a general taxonomy to characterize and describe …

Numerous mobile robots in various forms specialize in either ground or aerial locomotion,
whereas very few robots can perform complex locomotion tasks beyond simple walking and …

Cooperative control of multirobot systems (MRSs) has earned significant research interest
over the past two decades due to its potential applications in multidisciplinary engineering …

Based on nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (NTSMC), a flight controller is proposed
in this paper for a quadrotor with a total rotor failure. The proposed method is a finite-time …

In this paper we present the design and control of a novel six degrees-of-freedom aerial
vehicle. Based on a static force and torque analysis for generic actuator configurations, we …

This paper proposes a fully distributed control protocol that achieves time-varying group
formation tracking for linear multiagent systems connected via a directed graph. The group …

We present FAST-Hex, a novel UAV concept which is able to smoothly change its
configuration from underactuated to fully actuated by using only one additional motor that …

In this paper, the problem of designing a control law in case of rotor failure in quadrotor
vehicles is addressed. First, a nonlinear mathematical model for a quadrotor vehicle is …

Insects that can perform flap**-wing flight, climb on a wall, and switch smoothly between
the 2 locomotion regimes provide us with excellent biomimetic models. However, very few …

This paper presents a novel unmanned aerial vehicle platform based on a three rotor
configuration, which can achieve the highest level of maneuverability in all 6 dimensions (ie …