Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems

Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems explores the research and development of fully-functional miniature rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and provides a complete treatment of their design. The unmanned system is an integration of advanced technologies developed in communications, computing, and con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cai, Guowei (Autor), Chen, Ben M. (Autor), Lee, Tong Heng (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Advances in Industrial Control,
Temas:
Control engineering.
Artificial intelligence.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Robotics.
Automation.
Microprogramming .
Control and Systems Theory.
Artificial Intelligence.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Control, Robotics, Automation.
Control Structures and Microprogramming.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems explores the research and development of fully-functional miniature rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and provides a complete treatment of their design. The unmanned system is an integration of advanced technologies developed in communications, computing, and control areas. It is a useful testing ground for trialing and implementing modern control techniques despite the challenges introduced by the limitations on direct scalability between the systems of a small-scale rotorcraft and those of its full-scale counterpart. Included are detailed expositions of: systematic hardware construction; software systems integration; aerodynamic modeling; and automatic flight control system design. Emphasis is placed on the cooperative control and flight formation of multiple UAVs, vision-based ground-target tracking, and landing on moving platforms. Other issues such as the development of indoor micro aerial vehicles (that have to operate without access to a global positioning system) and vision-based navigation are also discussed in depth. The text is rounded out with a presentation of possible future research directions for relevant fields of study. Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems will be of great value to practicing engineers in aerospace-related industries and to academic researchers from aerospace, electrical or mechanical engineering backgrounds working on the development of unmanned systems.
Descripción Física:XIX, 270 p. 167 illus., 140 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9780857296351
ISSN:2193-1577

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