Autonomous flying robots :  unmanned aerial vehicles and micro aerial vehicles / 
Kenzo Nonami ... [et al.]. 
 - 1online resource (xvii, 329 pAGES. :  illustrations. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Fundamental modeling and control of small and miniature unmanned helicopters -- Autonomous control of a mini quadrotor vehicle using LQG controllers -- Development of autonomous quad-tilt-wing (QTW) unmanned aerial vehicle : design, modeling, and control -- Linearization and identification of helicopter model for hierarchical control design -- Analysis of the autorotation maneuver in small-scale helicopters and application for emergency landing -- Autonomous acrobatic flight based on feedforward sequence control for small unmanned helicopter -- Mathematical modeling and nonlinear control of VTOL aerial vehicles -- Formation flight control of multiple small autonomous helicopters using predictive control -- Guidance and navigation systems for small aerial robots -- Design and implementation of low-cost attitude quaternion sensor -- Vision-based navigation and visual servoing of mini flying machines -- Autonomous indoor flight and precise automated-landing using infrared and ultrasonic sensors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9784431538554  RM559.96 4431538550 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drone aircraft--Control systems.<br/>Micro air vehicles--Automatic control.<br/>Drone aircraft--Mathematical models.<br/>Micro air vehicles--Mathematical models.<br/>Vehicles, Remotely piloted.