Review of designs and flight control techniques of hybrid and convertible VTOL UAVs

GJJ Ducard, M Allenspach - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a broad perspective and analysis of the work done in control of hybrid
and convertible unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the main existing designs. These flying …

A survey of hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles

AS Saeed, AB Younes, C Cai, G Cai - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
This article presents a comprehensive overview on the recent advances of miniature hybrid
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, two conventional types, ie, fixed-wing UAV and …

Autonomous navigation for eVTOL: Review and future perspectives

H Wei, B Lou, Z Zhang, B Liang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This survey paper explores the emergent domain of electric vertical takeoff and landing
vehicles (eVTOLs), emphasizing the critical role of autonomous navigation capabilities …

A review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of hybrid UAVs

AS Saeed, AB Younes, S Islam, J Dias… - 2015 International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of
hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, miniature UAVs which have …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear model predictive control and guidance for a propeller-tilting hybrid unmanned air vehicle

M Allenspach, GJJ Ducard - Automatica, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide an interesting combination of the vertical
takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities of rotary-wing (RW) and of the efficient forward flight …

Decentralized finite-time adaptive fault-tolerant synchronization tracking control for multiple UAVs with prescribed performance

Z Yu, Y Zhang, Z Liu, Y Qu, CY Su, B Jiang - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the decentralized finite-time fault-tolerant attitude
synchronization tracking control problem for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (multi-UAVs) …

A review on control and maneuvering of cooperative fixed-wing drones

T Elijah, RS Jamisola, Z Tjiparuro… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a literature review on current studies in cooperative control of fixed-wing
drones, including maneuvering through adjustments of the tail, rotor, and wing …

A reconfiguration scheme for quadrotor helicopter via simple adaptive control and quantum logic

F Chen, Q Wu, B Jiang, G Tao - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfiguration control scheme is proposed for a quadrotor helicopter with loss of control
effectiveness via simple adaptive control and quantum logic. Some good control …

Constrained robust model reference adaptive control of a tilt-rotor quadcopter pulling an unmodeled cart

RB Anderson, JA Marshall… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an innovative control architecture for tilt-rotor quadcopters with H-
configuration transporting unknown, sling payloads. This control architecture leverages on a …

Model-free control algorithms for micro air vehicles with transitioning flight capabilities

JMO Barth, JP Condomines, M Bronz… - … Journal of Micro Air …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Micro air vehicles with transitioning flight capabilities, or simply hybrid micro air vehicles,
combine the beneficial features of fixed-wing configurations, in terms of endurance, with …