Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84996-977-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: Advances in Industrial Control

This book will sell because it gives new insights into two staple control problems – the rotary aircraft and the VTOL fixed wing aircraft. The author’s reputation in non-linear control will also raise sales.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castillo Garcia, Pedro

Lozano, Rogelio

Dzul, Alejandro Enrique

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Überwachungstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Luftfahrtindustrie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Grafikprogrammierung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle

Inhaltsverzeichnis

and Historical Background.- The PVTOL Aircraft.- The Quad-rotor Rotorcraft.- Robust Prediction-based Control for Unstable Delay Systems.- Modelling and Control of Mini-helicopters.- Helicopter in a Vertical Flying Stand.- Modelling and Control of a Tandem-Wing Tail-Sitter UAV.- Modelling and Control of Small Autonomous Airships.- Sensors, Modems and Microcontrollers for UAVs.

Über Autor(innen)

Rogelio Lozano has worked in worked at a number of institutions with a high reputation for control engineering – the University of Newcastle in Australia, Nasa’s Langley Research Center and now as CNRS Research Director at the University of Compiègne. He is a very experienced author in the control field being an associate editor of both and . He is the co-author of 3 previous titles for Springer all of them in the series:

Landau, I.D., Lozano, R. and M’Saad, M. (1997) 3-540-76187-X

Lozano, R., Brogliato, B., Egeland, O. and Maschke, B. (1999) 1-85233-285-9

Fantoni, I. and Lozano, R. (2001) 1-85233-423-1