Pub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1142/s2301385025500190
Mohamed Kara-Mohamed, Qian Zhang, Xinggang Yan
{"title":"Design and Control of an Innovative Overactuated Thrust Vectoring 6DoF Quadrotor for Extreme and Challenging Environments","authors":"Mohamed Kara-Mohamed, Qian Zhang, Xinggang Yan","doi":"10.1142/s2301385025500190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385025500190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1142/s2301385025500207
Shabnam M. Gharebaghi, Afshin Banazadeh
{"title":"Identification and Robust Control of a Flapping Wing System Using Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Networks","authors":"Shabnam M. Gharebaghi, Afshin Banazadeh","doi":"10.1142/s2301385025500207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385025500207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1142/s2301385024430039
S. Schroter, E. J. J. Smeur, B. D. W. Remes
{"title":"Design and Joint Control of a Conjoined Biplane and Quadrotor","authors":"S. Schroter, E. J. J. Smeur, B. D. W. Remes","doi":"10.1142/s2301385024430039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385024430039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135321523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1142/s2301385025500128
Hervé B. Olou, Eugène C. Ezin, Jean Marie Dembele, Christophe Cambier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a significant impact on the aircraft industry and are used for both military and civilian purposes. The partial or full automation of UAVs is an active research domain that is attracting interest from both the industrial and academic sectors. This paper presents a comprehensive review of UAVs, their architectures, and techniques used for autonomous navigation. Autonomous navigation requires the ability to recognize and avoid obstacles, which can be achieved using visual, non-visual, or hybrid techniques. These methods use computer vision and machine learning algorithms and are implemented on a computer system, which may or may not be embedded in the vehicle. After investigating the existing architectures and techniques, a flexible platform is designed. This platform combines the advantages of the existing architectures, materials, and methods. It is based on a compact architecture with the possibility of external communication. This platform is mainly composed of a companion computer for complex tasks like obstacle detection and path planning during mission. When implementing this platform, it is crucial to take into account the capabilities of the companion computer processor and appropriately select techniques. Finally, the paper suggests potential areas for future research in this field.
{"title":"Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Investigating Architectures and Techniques for a Flexible Platform","authors":"Hervé B. Olou, Eugène C. Ezin, Jean Marie Dembele, Christophe Cambier","doi":"10.1142/s2301385025500128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385025500128","url":null,"abstract":"Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a significant impact on the aircraft industry and are used for both military and civilian purposes. The partial or full automation of UAVs is an active research domain that is attracting interest from both the industrial and academic sectors. This paper presents a comprehensive review of UAVs, their architectures, and techniques used for autonomous navigation. Autonomous navigation requires the ability to recognize and avoid obstacles, which can be achieved using visual, non-visual, or hybrid techniques. These methods use computer vision and machine learning algorithms and are implemented on a computer system, which may or may not be embedded in the vehicle. After investigating the existing architectures and techniques, a flexible platform is designed. This platform combines the advantages of the existing architectures, materials, and methods. It is based on a compact architecture with the possibility of external communication. This platform is mainly composed of a companion computer for complex tasks like obstacle detection and path planning during mission. When implementing this platform, it is crucial to take into account the capabilities of the companion computer processor and appropriately select techniques. Finally, the paper suggests potential areas for future research in this field.","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135871646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-27DOI: 10.1142/s2301385024410036
Tianqi Wang, Jie Huang
{"title":"Event-triggered Distributed Observer for a Rigid Body Leader System over Acyclic Switching Networks and its Application","authors":"Tianqi Wang, Jie Huang","doi":"10.1142/s2301385024410036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385024410036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136312453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1142/s2301385024420044
Sina Sabzekar, Mahdi Samadzad, Asal Mehditabrizi, Ala Nekouvaght Tak
{"title":"A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for UAV Path Planning Incorporating Vehicle Dynamics with Acceleration Control","authors":"Sina Sabzekar, Mahdi Samadzad, Asal Mehditabrizi, Ala Nekouvaght Tak","doi":"10.1142/s2301385024420044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385024420044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44832,"journal":{"name":"Unmanned Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136098146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}