Synopses & Reviews
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have seen unprecedented levels of growth during the last decade in both military and civilian domains. However, it is anticipated that civilian applications will be dominant in the future, although there are still barriers to be overcome and technical challenges to be met. For example, integrating UAS into civilian space, fully autonomous navigation, see-detect-and-avoid systems, smart UAS designs, system integration, vision-based navigation, logistics and training, to name but a few areas, will be of prime importance in the near future. This special volume is the outcome of research presented at the International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, held in Dubai in June 2010, and presents state-of-the-art findings on topics related to: UAS operations and integration into the national airspace system; UAS navigation and control; micro-, mini-, small UAVs; UAS simulation testbeds and frameworks; UAS research platforms and applications; UAS applications. This book aims at serving as a guide tool on UAS for engineers and practitioners, academics, government agencies and industry. This is a hardbound spinoff from the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 61:1-4, 2011.
Synopsis
This special volume is the outcome of research presented at the International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, held in Dubai in June 2010. It includes the latest information on air vehicle operations and emergency landing system techniques.
Table of Contents
From the Editor-in-Chief, by K.P. Valavanis-. Control and Limitations of Navigating a Tail Rotor/Actuator Failed Unmanned Helicopter, by R.D. Garcia · A. Brown -. Indoor Hovering Control of Small Ducted-fan Type OAV Using Ultrasonic Positioning System, by J. Shin · S. Ji · W. Shon · H. Lee · K. Cho · S. Park-. Vision Based Control for Fixed Wing UAVs Inspecting Locally Linear Infrastructure Using Skid-to-Turn Maneuvers, by S.J. Mills · J.J. Ford · L. Mejías -. Dynamic Compensation for Control of a Rotary wing UAV Using Positive Position Feedback, by B. Ahmed · H.R. Pota -. Indoor UAV Control Using Multi-Camera Visual Feedback, by H. Oh · D.-Y. Won · S.-S. Huh · D.H. Shim · M.-J. Tahk · A. Tsourdos-. Hovering Flight Improvement of a Quad-rotor Mini UAV Using Brushless DC Motors, by A. Sanchez · L.R. García Carrillo · E. Rondon · R. Lozano · O. Garcia-. Stabilization and Trajectory Tracking of a Quad-Rotor Using Vision, by L.R. García Carrillo · E. Rondon · A. Sanchez · A. Dzul · R. Lozano-. A Catadioptric and Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera Pair Object Tracking System for UAVs, by M. Tarhan · E. Altuğ-. Evaluation of Guidance Performance in Urban Terrains for Different UAV Types and Performance Criteria Using Spatial CTG Maps, by Z. Kong · B. Mettler-. A Visual Global Positioning System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Used in Photogrammetric Applications, by A. Cesetti · E. Frontoni · A. Mancini · A. Ascani · P. Zingaretti · S. Longhi-.