Aerial manipulation aims at combining the versatility and the agility of some aerial platforms
with the manipulation capabilities of robotic arms. This letter tries to collect the results …

There are two indispensable methodologies for autonomous flights performed by unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). The first is flight control, and the other is simultaneous localization and …

In this letter, we prove that the dynamical model of a quadrotor subject to linear rotor drag
effects is differentially flat in its position and heading. We use this property to compute …

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 …

Standard quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) possess a limited mobility because of
their inherent underactuation, that is, availability of four independent control inputs (the four …

This review concentrates on three main challenges of controlling a quadrotor unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) as an underactuated mechanical system (UMS). The challenges …

This paper presents a review on the development and application of model predictive
control (MPC) for autonomous intelligent mechatronic systems (AIMS). Starting from the …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention in recent years. Low-
cost platforms using inexpensive sensor payloads have been shown to provide satisfactory …

The constrained control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging task due to
their nonlinear and underactuacted dynamics. This brief focuses on the position control of a …

An unmanned quadrotor presents excellent mobility to fly freely in complex environments,
which makes it an ideal choice for aerial transferring tasks. During the transferring process, it …