Autonomous flying robots : unmanned aerial vehicles and micro aerial vehicles / Kenzo Nonami ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.