A review of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles: applications, architectural design and control algorithms

M Idrissi, M Salami, F Annaz - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022‏ - Springer
Over the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received a significant
attention due to their diverse capabilities for non-combatant and military applications. The …

A maneuverability analysis of a novel hexarotor UAV concept

H Mehmood, T Nakamura… - … on Unmanned Aircraft …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sole means for conventional multirotor UAVs to achieve horizontal translation motion is
by inducing changes in vehicle attitude. The lack of horizontal force control not only …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of closed-loop performance of multirotor configurations using non-linear dynamic inversion control

ML Ireland, A Vargas, D Anderson - Aerospace, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Multirotor is the umbrella term for the family of unmanned aircraft, which include the
quadrotor, hexarotor and other vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that employ …

Collaborative models for autonomous systems controller synthesis

D Fraser, R Giaquinta, R Hoffmann, M Ireland… - Formal Aspects of …, 2020‏ - Springer
We show how detailed simulation models and abstract Markov models can be developed
collaboratively to generate and implement effective controllers for autonomous agent search …

A CFD-based procedure for airspace integration of small unmanned aircraft within congested areas

CWA Murray, D Anderson - International Journal of Micro Air …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Future integration of small unmanned aircraft within an urban airspace requires an a
posteriori understanding of the building-induced aerodynamics which could negatively …

Adaptive fuzzy global fast terminal sliding mode control of an over-actuated flying robot

H Jokar, R Vatankhah - Journal of the Brazilian society of mechanical …, 2020‏ - Springer
In this paper, the issue of full control (both position and orientation controls) of an over-
actuated unmanned flying robot is addressed using an adaptive fuzzy global fast terminal …

[PDF][PDF] Mathematical modeling and validation of the aerial robot control system with the pixhawk flight controller

A Rajawana, P Smithmaitrie - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2020‏ - ijmerr.com
Modeling of an aerial robotic control system for cooperative working robots initially needs a
mathematical model of the robot. This work presents a validated cross configuration …

A continuous-time model of an autonomous aerial vehicle to inform and validate formal verification methods

ML Ireland, R Hoffmann, A Miller, G Norman… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2016‏ - arxiv.org
If autonomous vehicles are to be widely accepted, we need to ensure their safe operation.
For this reason, verification and validation (V&V) approaches must be developed that are …

Machine learning techniques to estimate the dynamics of a slung load multirotor UAV system

AE Vargas Moreno - 2017‏ - theses.gla.ac.uk
This thesis addresses the question of designing robust and flexible controllers to enable
autonomous operation of a multirotor UAV with an attached slung load for general cargo …

Mathematical modelling and identification of a quadrotor

CA Cárdenas R, CAC Morales, JP Ospina… - … Science and Its …, 2020‏ - Springer
Motivated by the important growth of VTOL vehicles research such as quadrotors and to a
small extent autonomous flight, a quadrotor dynamical model is presented in this work. The …