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 …

Flying insects are remarkably agile and robust. As they fly through cluttered natural
environments, they can demonstrate aggressive acrobatic maneuvers such as backflip …

Fixed-pitch quadrotors are popular research and hobby platforms largely due to their
mechanical simplicity relative to other hovering aircraft. This simplicity, however, places …

For the fault tolerant control of an eight-rotor VTOL Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), a control
allocation scheme is proposed. The eight-rotor configuration provides actuator redundancy …

In this paper, we consider the problem of controlling an aerial robot connected to the ground
by a passive cable or a passive rigid link. We provide a thorough characterization of this …

The aerospace community, particularly in academia, has seen a recent rise in the popularity
of fixed-pitch quadrotor helicopters. The fixed-pitch quadrotor is popular largely because of …

In this paper, a quadrotor test bench that can test and verify the 6 DOF flight controller is
presented. The development of controller for aerial vehicle is usually a long and dangerous …

Recently, there has been a rapid growth of interest in quadrotors with electric variable-pitch
propellers. The control and optimization of such propellers are important factors for …

This paper presents a multi-field universal vehicle that is able to work at land, sea and air.
The vehicle consists of a quad-copter with variable-pitch propellers that enable the vehicle …

Majority of today's fixed-pitch, electric-power quadrotors have short flight endurance (<; 1
hour) which greatly limits their applications. This paper presents a design methodology for …